(1)  Where it appears to a court that in the interests of the administration of justice it is desirable to prohibit the publication of any material relating to proceedings before the court under this Act or under the Domestic Violence Orders (National Recognition) Act 2016 , the court may, either before or during the course of the proceedings or after the proceedings, make an order forbidding the publication of that material.

(2)  A person must not publish any material that is forbidden to be published under subsection (1) .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months.

(3)  A person must not publish any material relating to proceedings under this Act which may disclose the identity of an affected child.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months.

(4)  The publication of any reference, or allusion, to any material which is forbidden to be published under subsection (1) or subsection (3) is taken to be a publication of the material, if that reference or allusion is, in the opinion of the court, intended, or is sufficient, to disclose that material.