Queensland Consolidated Acts

GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 2000 - SECT 103

103 Access

(1) Each active party in a proceeding must be given a reasonable opportunity to present the active party’s case and, in particular—

(a) to access, before the start of a hearing, a document before the tribunal that the tribunal considers is relevant to an issue in the proceeding; and

(b) to access, during a hearing, a document or other information before the tribunal that the tribunal considers is credible, relevant and significant to an issue in the proceeding; and

(c) to make submissions about a document or other information accessed under this subsection.

(2) Each active party in a proceeding, or person the tribunal considers has a sufficient interest in the proceeding, must be given a reasonable opportunity to access, within a reasonable time after a hearing, a document before the tribunal that the tribunal considered credible, relevant and significant to an issue in the proceeding.

(3) For subsections (1) and (2) , something is relevant only if it is directly relevant.

(4) On request, the tribunal must give access to a document or other information in accordance with this section.

(5) The tribunal may displace the right to access a document or other information only by a confidentiality order.

(6) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the right to access a document or other information is not affected by an adult evidence order, a closure order or a non-publication order.