Section 99

No person who makes any notification that a child or young person is in need of protection shall incur any liability for defamation or otherwise in respect of the making of such notification.

The making of any notification that a child or young person is in need of protection shall not, in any proceedings before any court or in any other respect, be held to constitute a breach of professional etiquette or ethics or a departure from accepted standards of professional conduct.

Any person appearing as a witness in any proceedings in any court or tribunal or before a person authorised by law to hear evidence —

Subsection (3) does not apply where a notification that a child or young person is in need of protection is tendered in evidence, or evidence in respect of such notification is given, by the person who made such notification.

The provisions of this section apply to a medical officer who has made a notification under section 23(1) in the same manner as they apply to a person who has made a notification that a child or young person is in need of protection.

If in any proceedings before a court for an offence against this

Act, the court, after full inquiry into the case, is satisfied that an informer wilfully made a statement which he knew or believed to be false or did not believe to be true, or if in any proceedings the court is of the opinion that justice cannot be fully done between the parties thereto without the disclosure of the name of an informer, the court may require full disclosure concerning the informer.

Children and Young Persons 70

Protection of Permanent Secretary and others.