C34

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (21/2022), s. 7, not commenced as of date of revision.

F260[35G.—(1) A guardian ad litem appointed for a child may request the Child and Family Agency to provide to him or her any information relating to the welfare of the child necessary for the performance by the guardian ad litem of his or her functions under this Act.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment or rule of law, but subject to the Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 —

(a) the Child and Family Agency shall comply with a request under subsection (1), and

(b) the guardian ad litem may apply to the court to determine any dispute between the guardian ad litem and the Agency in relation to the requirement of the Agency to provide information under this section.

(3) The Child and Family Agency, in complying with a request under subsection (1), is not required to furnish information that would be exempt from production in proceedings in a court on the grounds of legal professional privilege.]