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CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN ACT 2019 - SECT 44
Preliminary inquiries
44 Preliminary inquiries
(1) The Children's Guardian may make preliminary inquiries to decide whether
to carry out an investigation or determination under section 46.
(2) The
preliminary inquiries may be made whether or not the Children's Guardian has
received a complaint or notification about a matter to which the complaint or
notification relates.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1), the Children's
Guardian may, by written notice given to the entity that made the complaint or
notification, require the entity to give the Children's Guardian further
written information about the matter the subject of the complaint or
notification within the time stated in the notice.
(4) Sections 16, 17, 18
and 19(1) of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 do not
apply to information disclosed under this section.
(5) Despite the
Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 -- (a) a person may disclose
health information, within the meaning of that Act, to the Children's Guardian
in relation to preliminary inquiries by the Children's Guardian under this
section, and
(b) the Children's Guardian may use the information for the
purposes of this Part.
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