ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 97 Restriction on publication of identity of parties
ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 97
Restriction on publication of identity of parties(1) Subject to this section, a person must not publish, or cause to be published, by electronic or print media or any other means, in relation to—
(a) an application for an adoption order or for a corresponding order under a law of a State or another Territory; or
(b) the proceedings on such an application; or
(c) any legal steps taken preparatory to or consequent on such an application;
the name of an applicant, the child or young person, or a parent or guardian of the child or young person, or any matter reasonably likely to allow any of those persons to be identified.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the publication of any matter with the authorisation of the court to which the application was made.
(3) An authorisation for subsection (2) must not be given unless the court is satisfied that publication will not operate to the prejudice of any person and that it is otherwise in the interests of justice to give the authorisation.