178Children’s hearing: disclosure of information
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(1)A children’s hearing need not disclose to a person any information about the child to whom the hearing relates or about the child’s case if disclosure of that information to that person would be likely to cause significant harm to the child.
(2)Subsection (1) applies despite any requirement under an enactment (including this Act and subordinate legislation made under it) or rule of law for the children’s hearing—
(a)to give the person an explanation of what has taken place at proceedings before the hearing, or
(b)to provide the person with—
(i)information about the child or the child’s case, or
(ii)reasons for a decision made by the hearing.