Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section does not apply to a disciplinary proceeding.
(2) On the application of a party to a proceeding made during the proceeding, or on the tribunal's own initiative, the tribunal may order that sensitive information about the party is not to form part of the record available for inspection by members of the public.
Example of sensitive information--
information about a person's reputation
information about a person's history of behaviour or attitude in relation to the management and discharge of the person's financial obligations.
(3) On the application of an entity who was a party to a proceeding made after the proceeding, or on the tribunal's own initiative, the tribunal may order that sensitive information about the entity is not to form part of the record available for inspection by members of the public from a day stated in the order.
(4) However, the tribunal must--
(a) before making an order under subsection (3), ask the director to provide information about--
(i) the extent of any existing publication of the sensitive information; and
(ii) the period reasonably needed for the removal of the sensitive information from the record available for inspection by members of the public; and
(b) in making the order, have regard to the extent of any publication of the information and the period for removal stated by the director.
(5) The tribunal, in deciding whether to suppress information, is not limited by subsection (4) or to a consideration of whether or not the information is in fact sensitive.