Section 205 Child’s Right Act

Section 205 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Protection of privacy. It is under Part XX (Child Justice Administration – General) of the Act.

(1) The right of the child to privacy specified in section 8 of this Act shall be respected at all stages of child justice administration in order to avoid harm being caused to the child by undue publicity or by the process of labeling.

(2) Accordingly no information that may lead to the identification of a child offender shall be published.

(3) Records of a child offender shall‐
(a) be kept strictly confidential and closed to third parties;
(b) made accessible only to persons directly concerned with the disposition of the case at hand or other duly authorised persons; and
(c) not be used in adult proceedings subsequent cases involving the same child offender.