New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GUARDIANSHIP ACT 1987 - SECT 57

57 Publication of names

(1) A person shall not, except with the consent of the Tribunal, publish or broadcast the name of any prescribed person:

(a) who appears as a witness before the Tribunal in any proceedings,

(b) to whom any proceedings before the Tribunal relate, or

(c) who is mentioned or otherwise involved in any proceedings before the Tribunal,

whether before or after the proceedings are disposed of.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) This section does not prohibit the publication or broadcasting of an official report of the proceedings of the Tribunal that includes the name of any prescribed person the publication or broadcasting of which would otherwise be prohibited by this section.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a reference to the name of a prescribed person includes a reference to any information, picture or other material that identifies the person or is likely to lead to the identification of the person.

(4) In this section:
"prescribed person" means:

(a) a person under guardianship,

(a1) a protected person,

(b) a person to whom an application or request under Part 2, 3 or 3A, and a person to whom an application under Part 4 or 5, relates,

(c) a child.