After section 99K insert:
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
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 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 Court during child protection restraining order proceedings
except the following:
(a)
officers of the Court;
(b)
officers of the administrative unit of the Public Service charged with the
administration of the Children's Protection Act 1993 ;
(c)
parties to the proceedings and their legal representatives;
(d)
witnesses while giving evidence or permitted by the Court to remain in the
Court;
(e) any
guardian of the child for the protection of whom the restraining order is
sought;
(f) any
other persons authorised by the Court to be present.
(5) The Court may,
however, exclude any of those persons from the Court if the 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.