Queensland Consolidated Acts

MERIBA OMASKER KAZIW KAZIPA (TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER TRADITIONAL CHILD REARING PRACTICE) ACT 2020 - SECT 104

104 Publishing identifying material

(1) This section applies to material (
"identifying material" ) that is confidential information or other information that identifies, or is likely to lead to the identification of, a person as—

(a) a party, or relative of a party, to an application for a cultural recognition order; or

(b) a party, or relative of a party, to a court proceeding relating to an application for a discharge order; or

(c) a person whose consent to an application for a cultural recognition order is or was required.

(2) A person must not publish identifying material unless written consent to the publication has been given, for each identified person, by—

(a) for an identified person who is a child the subject of a cultural recognition order or an application for a cultural recognition order—the birth parents and the cultural parents of the child; or

(b) for an identified person who is an adult—that person.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or

(b) for a corporation—1,000 penalty units.

(3) In this section—

"identified person" , in relation to identifying material, means a person identified by the material as a person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) to (c) .

"publish" means publish to the public by television, radio, the internet, newspaper, periodical, notice, circular or other form of communication.