ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT COURT ACT 1993 - SECT 47
ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT COURT ACT 1993 - SECT 47
(1) Subject to this
section, the Court must, on application by any member of the public, allow the
applicant to inspect or obtain a copy of—
(aa) any
process relating to proceedings and forming part of the Court's records;
(a) a
transcript of evidence taken by the Court in any proceedings;
(b) any
documentary material admitted into evidence in any proceedings;
(c) any
decision or order given or made by the Court;
(d) any
other material of a prescribed kind.
(2) A member of the
public may inspect or obtain a copy of the following material only with the
permission of the Court:
(a)
material that was not taken or received in open court;
(b)
material that the Court has suppressed from publication;
(c)
material placed before the Court during sentencing proceedings (including
material provided under section 13 of the Sentencing Act 2017 );
(d) a
photograph, slide, film, video tape, audio tape or other form of recording
from which a visual image or sound can be produced;
(e)
material of a class prescribed by the regulations.
(3) The Court may
permit inspection or copying of material referred to in subsection (2)
subject to any condition it considers appropriate, including a condition
limiting the publication or use of the material.
(4) A decision by the
Court on an application under this section is administrative and is final and
not subject to any form of review.
(5) The Court may
charge a fee, fixed by regulation, for inspection or copying of material under
this section.