Section 91 Child’s Right Act

Section 91 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Right of guardian ad litem to have access to records. It is under Part IX (Guardianship) of the Act.

(1) Where a person has been appointed as a guardian ad litem under this Act, he shall have the right at all reasonable times to examine and take a copy of‐

(a) any record by the State Government or the appropriate authority which was compiled in connection with the making, or proposed making, by any person of any application under this Act with respect to the child concerned; or ,

(b) any other record held by the State Government or the appropriate authority which was compiled in connection with any function which have been referred to their social service committee, so far as those records relate to that child.

(2) Where a guardian ad litem takes a copy of a record which he is entitled to examine under this section, that copy Of any part of it shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any enactment or rules, be admissible as evidence of any matter referred to in any‐
(a) report which he makes to the Court in the proceedings in question; or

(b) evidence which he gives in those proceedings.