VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 1996 - SECT 42A Inspection of documents

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 1996 - SECT 42A

    (1)     When the office of the Tribunal is open, the applicant in the proceeding and, on payment of the prescribed fee (if any) any other person, may inspect and obtain a copy of any document filed in a proceeding in the Tribunal.

    (2)     Despite subsection (1)—

        (a)     a person may not inspect or obtain a copy of a document which the Tribunal has ordered remain confidential;

        (b)     a person, not being the applicant in the proceeding, may not, without the leave of the Tribunal, inspect or obtain a copy of a document which in the opinion of a registrar of the Tribunal ought to remain confidential.

    (3)     The Tribunal may, if satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, order that—

        (a)     a document filed in a proceeding in the Tribunal remain confidential; or

        (b)     a person have leave to inspect or obtain a copy of a document filed in a proceeding in the Tribunal.

    (4)     An order under this section may be made on the application of a party or on the Tribunal's own initiative.