South Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1921 - SECT 99KA

99KA—Special restrictions relating to child protection restraining order proceedings

        (1)         A person must not publish, by radio, television, newspaper or in any other way, a report of child protection restraining order proceedings if—

            (a)         the Magistrates Court prohibits publication of any report of the proceedings; or

            (b)         the report—

                  (i)         identifies the child or contains information tending to identify the child for the protection of whom a restraining order is sought or has been made; or

                  (ii)         reveals the name, address or school, or includes any particulars, picture or film that may lead to the identification, of any child who is concerned in those proceedings.

        (2)         The Magistrates Court may, on such conditions as it thinks fit, permit the publication of particulars, pictures or films that would otherwise be suppressed from publication under subsection (1)(b).

        (3)         A person who contravenes subsection (1), or a condition imposed under subsection (2), is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

        (4)         No person may be present in the Magistrates Court during child protection restraining order proceedings except the following:

            (a)         officers of the Magistrates Court;

            (b)         officers of an administrative unit of the Public Service assisting a Minister with the administration of the Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017 ;

            (c)         parties to the proceedings and their legal representatives;

            (d)         witnesses while giving evidence or permitted by the Magistrates Court to remain in the Magistrates Court;

            (e)         any guardian of the child for the protection of whom the restraining order is sought;

            (f)         any other persons authorised by the Magistrates Court to be present.

        (5)         The Magistrates Court may, however, exclude any of those persons from the Magistrates Court if the Magistrates Court considers it necessary to do so in the interests of the proper administration of justice.

        (6)         In this section—

"child protection restraining order proceedings" means—

            (a)         proceedings under section 99AAC; or

            (b)         proceedings under section 99F relating to an application to vary or revoke a restraining order made under section 99AAC.