OPEN COURTS ACT 2013 - SECT 4 Principle of open justice prevails unless circumstances require displacement

OPEN COURTS ACT 2013 - SECT 4

    (1)     A court or tribunal is to have regard to the primacy of the principle of open justice and the free communication and disclosure of information in determining whether to make a suppression order.

    (2)     A court or tribunal is only to make a suppression order if satisfied that the specific circumstances of a case make it necessary to override or displace the principle of open justice and the free communication and disclosure of information.