Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

COURT PROCEDURES ACT 2004 - SECT 41

    (1)     A person has a right to enter and remain in an area of court premises that is open to the public if—

        (a)     the person complies with all orders made by a judge or magistrate, whether under this Act or otherwise; and

        (b)     the person complies with all the requirements made under this part by a security officer; and

        (c)     if the person wishes to enter or remain in a courtroom where a court is sitting or about to sit—there is seating for the person in the courtroom.

    (2)     This section is subject to—

        (a)     the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008 , section 39 (Hearings in private or partly in private); and

        (b)     Court Procedures Act 2004 , section 72 (Court proceedings involving children or young people not open to public); and

        (c)     the following sections of the Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991 :

              •     section 9 (Consequential orders);

              •     section 39 (Evidence given in closed court);

              •     section 44 (Consequential orders under div 4.3);

              •     section 52 (c) (Application for leave under s 51);

              •     section 61 (5) (Preliminary examination of protected confidence evidence);

              •     section 63 (2) (a) (Ancillary orders for protection of person who made protected confidence); and

        (d)     the Inquiries Act 1991 , section 21 (3) (Power to hold); and

        (e)     the Magistrates Court Act 1930 , section 310 (Hearings generally to be in public); and

        (f)     the Royal Commissions Act 1991 , section 28 (3) (Power to hold); and

        (g)     the inherent jurisdiction of a court to regulate its proceedings; and

        (h)     any other law in force in the ACT about the people who may be present in a court or on court premises.