Requirement to provide information
11.1(1)The Minister may, in the circumstances prescribed in subsection (3), request any person prescribed in subsection (4) to furnish information to the Minister and to produce any document or record that relates to a child identified by the Minister or to that child’s parents or siblings or to a person identified by the Minister as being significant in the life of the child.
11.1(2)A person to whom the request is made under subsection (1) shall furnish the information or produce the document or record.
11.1(3)The circumstances are as follows:
(a)
the Minister is providing social services for the child or the child’s family or the Minister is acting under Part III or IV of the Act with respect to the child;
(b)
the Minister has requested and has been unable to secure the consent of any parent of the child or the person identified as being significant in the life of the child, as the case may be, to release the information, document or record; and
(c)
the Minister believes, on reasonable and probable grounds, that the information, document or record is relevant for the purposes of providing the social services or acting under Part III or IV of the Act.
11.1(4)The following persons are prescribed:
(a)
persons employed within the civil service, including those employed on a part-time, temporary or casual basis;
(b)
a regional health authority as defined in the
Regional Health Authorities Act;
(c)
persons employed by a regional health authority, including those employed on a part-time, temporary or casual basis.
11.1(5)The Minister may make a copy of any document or record provided to the Minister under this section.
11.1(6)No action or other proceeding lies, in relation to the giving of information or production of a document or record under this section, against a person who in good faith complies with this section.
11.1(7)In this section, “civil service” has the same meaning as in the
Civil Service Act.
1999, c.32, s.4; 2002, c.1, s.6; 2016, c.37, s.66; 2019, c.2, s.54