New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 - SECT 51B

51B Certain information not to be published or broadcast

(1) A person must not publish or broadcast:

(a) the fact that a named person (other than the offender) is specified in a condition of a parole order referred to in section 51A (1) (a), or

(b) any information calculated to identify any such person.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the disclosure of information to any of the following persons:

(a) the offender,

(b) any person specified in the parole order as a person with whom the offender is prohibited or restricted from associating,

(c) any member of the NSW Police Force,

(d) any person involved in the administration of the parole order or of any penalty to which the offender is subject while on parole,

(e) any person involved in proceedings for an alleged breach of the parole order,

(f) any other person specified in the parole order as a person to whom such information may be disclosed,

(g) any other person to whom such information is required to be disclosed pursuant to any other Act or law,

and does not apply to the publication or broadcasting of an official report of the proceedings of the court.