Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (REPEALED) - SECT 61A

    (1)     This section applies to a proceeding, in relation to a child or young person—

        (a)     under this Act; or

        (b)     to which this Act applies; or

        (c)     under a State law if the law relates to the welfare of the child or young person.

    (2)     In subsection (1):

"proceeding" includes a proceeding begun before the commencement of this section.

    (3)     A person must not publish an account or report of the proceeding if the account or report—

        (a)     discloses the identity of the child or young person or a family member; or

        (b)     allows the identity of the child or young person, or a family member, to be worked out.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (4)     A prosecution for an offence against subsection (3) may be begun only by, or with the written consent of, the Attorney-General or director of public prosecutions.