(1) The principal of,
or a teacher at, a government school may notify information about a student to
a person who is shown in the register referred to in section 19 as a parent of
the student without being concerned —
(a) to
inquire whether there is any other person who in relation to the child may be
within the definition of parent in section 4; or
(b) to
notify the information to another person whom he or she knows to be within
that definition.
(2) If a person who is
shown in the register referred to in section 19 as a parent of a student gives
to the principal of, or a teacher at, a government school an authorisation or
direction in relation to the student, the principal or teacher is not
concerned —
(a) to
inquire whether there is any other person who in relation to the child may be
within the definition of parent in section 4; or
(b) to
obtain a like authorisation or direction from another person whom he or she
knows to be within that definition.
(3) Nothing in this
section affects the operation and enforcement of a Family Court order.