New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDERS PROHIBITION ORDERS) ACT 2004 - SECT 18

18 Restriction on publication of identity of registrable persons and victims

(1) A person must not publish in relation to any proceedings relating to an order under this Act:

(a) information that identifies or is reasonably likely to enable the identification of a person as the person against whom the order is sought or any such order is made,

(b) the name of any victim of a registrable offence committed by a registrable person,

(c) the name of any particular person referred to as a person at risk because of the conduct proposed to be prohibited,

(d) any matter reasonably likely to enable a person referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) to be identified.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) This section does not apply in relation to the publication of any matter with the authority of the Local Court to which the application was made or any publication by a person of his or her name.

(3) This section does not apply in relation to the publication of any matter to any of the following persons:

(a) the registrable person,

(b) any other person or class of persons specified in the order concerned,

(c) any member of the NSW Police Force or a member of a law enforcement agency of the Commonwealth or another State or Territory (including CrimTrac) in their official capacity,

(d) any person involved in the administration of the order,

(e) any member of staff of a government agency involved in the assessment and management of a registrable person,

(f) any person for the purpose of an investigation of an alleged breach of an order or to any person involved in proceedings for any such breach,

(g) any other person to whom it is required or permitted to be disclosed pursuant to any other Act or law.