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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Miscellaneous provisions - Miscellaneous provisions relating to proceedings under this Act

444: Liability of persons providing reports

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"Protection for people who give reports to the court honestly"

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If you give a report to a court for a case under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, you are protected from being sued. You are also protected if you give information that is used in the report. This protection applies unless you gave the report or information on purpose to deceive or harm someone, which is called acting in bad faith.

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Part 10Miscellaneous provisions
Miscellaneous provisions relating to proceedings under this Act

444Liability of persons providing reports

  1. No person who furnishes a report to any court for the purposes of any proceedings under this Act or who supplies any information for the purposes of any such report shall be under any civil or criminal liability in respect of the furnishing of that report or the supply of that information unless the report was furnished or the information was supplied in bad faith.