Section 196 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Special provisions applying to disclosure of communications to medical practitioner or clinical psychologist

196 Special provisions applying to disclosure of communications to medical practitioner or clinical psychologist (1) A barrister or solicitor appointed pursuant to section 159 of this Act to represent a child in any proceedings under Part 2 or Part 3A of this Act may, for the purposes of section 32 of the Evidence Amendment Act (No 2) 1980 , consent to the disclosure by a registered medical practitioner or a clinical psychologist in any such proceedings of any protected communication made to that registered medical practitioner or clinical psychologist by that child, and any consent so given shall be deemed to be the consent of the child given under that section. (2) For the purposes of this section the expressions clinical psychologist , protected communication , and registered medical practitioner have the same meanings as in section 32 of the Evidence Amendment Act (No 2) 1980. Section 196 was substituted, as from 1 November 1989, by section 2 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1989 (1989 No 70). Subsection (1) was amended, as from 1 November 1999, by section 6 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Trans-Tasman Transfer of Protection Orders and Proceedings) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 116) by inserting “ or Part 3A ” .