Victorian Current Acts

JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS REPORTS ACT 1958 - SECT 4C

In this Part—

"affected person" means a natural person against whom a sexual offence has been committed or is alleged to have been committed in Victoria, whether or not a proceeding in respect of the alleged offence or offence has commenced, is being conducted or has been finally determined;

"court" has the same meaning as in section 4(1);

"family violence" has the same meaning as it has in section 5 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 ;

"interim victim privacy order" means an order made under section 4L;

"publish" has the same meaning as in section 4(1);

"relevant news media organisation" means a news media organisation that has nominated itself to a court to receive notifications relating to victim privacy orders from the court;

"sexual offence" has the same meaning as in section 4(1);

"vexatious", in relation to an application or a proceeding under this Part, includes—

        (a)     an abuse of the process of a court;

        (b)     made or commenced to harass or annoy, to cause delay or detriment, or for another wrongful purpose;

        (c)     made, commenced or pursued without reasonable grounds;

        (d)     pursued or conducted in a way so as to harass or annoy, cause delay or detriment, or achieve another wrongful purpose;

"victim privacy order" means an order made under section 4F.

S. 4D inserted by No. 35/2021 s. 8.