An Act to provide for the making of suppression and non-publication orders by courts.
This Act is the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010.
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
In this Act—
(a) the Supreme Court, Land and Environment Court, Industrial Court, District Court, Local Court or Children’s Court, or
(b) any other court or tribunal, or a person or body having power to act judicially, prescribed by the regulations as a court for the purposes of this Act.
(a) publication in a book, newspaper, magazine or other written publication, or
(b) broadcast by radio or television, or
(c) public exhibition, or
(d) broadcast or publication by means of the Internet.
This Act does not limit or otherwise affect any inherent jurisdiction or any powers that a court has apart from this Act to regulate its proceedings or to deal with a contempt of the court.
This Act does not limit or otherwise affect the operation of a provision made by or under any other Act that prohibits or restricts, or authorises a court to prohibit or restrict, the publication or other disclosure of information in connection with proceedings.
In deciding whether to make a suppression order or non-publication order, a court must take into account that a primary objective of the administration of justice is to safeguard the public interest in open justice.
A court may, by making a suppression order or non-publication order on grounds permitted by this Act, prohibit or restrict the publication or other disclosure of—
(a) information tending to reveal the identity of or otherwise concerning any party to or witness in proceedings before the court or any person who is related to or otherwise associated…