PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 2002 - SECT 193 Approved examiner may restrict publication of certain material

PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 2002 - SECT 193

  (1)   The * approved examiner may:

  (a)   on his or her own initiative; or

  (b)   at the request of the person being examined, or the * responsible authority;

give directions preventing or restricting disclosure to the public of matters contained in answers given or documents produced in the course of the * examination.

  (2)   In deciding whether or not to give a direction, the * approved examiner is to have regard to:

  (a)   whether:

  (i)   an answer that has been or may be given; or

  (ii)   a document that has been or may be produced; or

  (iii)   a matter that has arisen or may arise;

    during the * examination is of a confidential nature or relates to the commission, or to the alleged or suspected commission, of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; and

  (b)   any unfair prejudice to a person's reputation that would be likely to be caused unless the approved examiner gives the direction; and

  (c)   whether giving the direction is in the public interest; and

  (d)   any other relevant matter.