Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 - SECT 43

Tribunal may restrict publication of material

43. Tribunal may restrict publication of material



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

   (a)  that the whole or any specified part of the evidence given at a
        hearing; or

   (b)  that the content of all or any specified documents produced to the
        Tribunal; or

   (c)  that any information likely to lead to the identification of a party
        or another person who has appeared at a hearing-

be published in the manner and to the persons specified in the order.

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

(3) Except in accordance with an order under this section, a person must not
publish or cause to be published any material referred to in subsection (1).

Penalty: 500 penalty units in the case of a body corporate; 100 penalty units
or imprisonment for 2 years in any other case.