Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ACT 2004 (NO. 38 OF 2004) - SECT 53

    (1)     If, in relation to the hearing of an application, the health professions tribunal is satisfied that it is desirable in the public interest or in the interests of justice to do so, the tribunal may, by order—

        (a)     direct that the hearing, or part of the hearing, is to take place in private and give directions about the people who may be present; and

        (b)     give directions prohibiting or restricting the publication of evidence given at the hearing, whether in public or in private, or of matters contained in documents filed with the tribunal or received in evidence by the tribunal for the hearing; and

        (c)     give directions prohibiting or restricting the disclosure to some or all of the parties to the proceeding of evidence given at the hearing, or of a matter contained in a document lodged with the tribunal or received in evidence by the tribunal for the inquiry.

    (2)     A person must not contravene an order under subsection (1) (b) or (c).

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.