Queensland Numbered Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2023 - SECT 83

83 Court hearings not public

(1) This section applies to the hearing in the Childrens Court under subdivision 1 or the appellate court under subdivision 2 of a proceeding under this Act.

(2) The hearing is not open to the public.

(3) Despite the Childrens Court Act 1992 , section 20 , a court must exclude from the room in which the court is sitting a person who is not—

(a) a child to whom the proceeding relates; or

(b) a parent of, or person with parental responsibility for, a child to whom the proceeding relates; or

(c) a lawyer of a party to the proceeding; or

(d) a witness giving evidence.

(4) However, the court may permit a person who is not mentioned in subsection (3) to be present during the hearing if the court is satisfied it is in the interests of justice to do so.