New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COURT SECURITY ACT 2005 - SECT 9B

9B Prohibition on unauthorised distribution of court recording

(1) A person must not transmit or distribute a recording of sounds or images (or both) of court proceedings, including part of a recording, by any means.

: Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply unless the person knows or suspects, or ought reasonably to know or suspect, that none of the following apply--

(a) the transmission or distribution of the recording has been expressly approved by a judicial officer,

(b) the transmission or distribution of the recording is for the purpose of transcribing court proceedings for the court,

(c) the transmission or distribution of the recording occurred in any other circumstances prescribed by the regulations.