DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 (NO 34 OF 2007) - SECT 123 Publication of names and identifying information about children

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 (NO 34 OF 2007) - SECT 123

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person publishes the name of a child:

    (a)     who is a protected person named in a DVO; or

    (b)     who appears, or is reasonably likely to appear, as a witness in a proceeding; or

    (c)     who is, or is reasonably likely to be, mentioned or otherwise involved in a proceeding.

Maximum penalty:     200 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if:

    (a)     the publication is made in an official report of the proceeding; or

    (b)     the Court consents to the publication of the child's name.

    (3)     An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

    (4)     In this section:

"name", of a child, includes any information, picture or other material that:

    (a)     identifies the child; or

    (b)     is likely to lead to the child's identification.

"proceeding" means a proceeding for the hearing of an application for:

    (a)     a DVO; or

    (b)     the confirmation, variation or revocation of a DVO.