South Australian Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN'S PROTECTION ACT 1993 - SECT 52X

52X—Confidentiality of information

        (1)         Information about individual cases disclosed to the Committee or a person employed (or formerly employed) to assist the Committee is to be kept confidential and is not liable to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 1991 .

        (2)         A member of the Committee, or a person who has been employed in duties related to the functions of the Committee, must not disclose confidential information obtained as a result of his or her official position.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

        (3)         However—

            (a)         information about possible criminal offences must be reported by the Committee to the Commissioner of Police; and

            (b)         if the Committee comes into possession of information suggesting that a child may be at risk of abuse or neglect, the Committee must pass the information on to the appropriate authorities; and

            (c)         information relevant to a coronial inquiry or possible coronial inquiry is to be passed on to the State Coroner.