Confidentiality
47.—(1) Unless the sheriff otherwise directs, all documents lodged in process including the reports by the curator ad litem and reporting officer shall be available only to the sheriff, the curator ad litem, the reporting officer and the parties; and such documents must be treated as confidential by any persons involved in, or a party to, the proceedings and by the sheriff clerk.
(2) The reporting officer and the curator ad litem—
(a)must treat all information obtained in the exercise of their duties as confidential; and
(b)must not disclose any such information to any person unless disclosure of such information is necessary for the purpose of their duties.
(3) This rule is subject to rule 46.