Section 91: Right of guardian ad litem to have access to records

(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 held 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 or any part of it shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any enactment or rule, be admissible as evidence of any matter referred to in any-
(a) reports which he makes to the Court in the proceedings in question; or
(b) evidence which he gives in those proceedings.