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OPEN COURTS ACT 2013
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Purposes
2. Commencement
3. Definitions
4. Principle of open justice prevails unless circumstances require displacement
5. Abrogation of common law and no implied jurisdiction
6. Jurisdiction and powers of courts and tribunals to deal with contempt
7. Admission of evidence and disclosure of information to a court or tribunal or party to a proceeding
8. Other laws restricting or prohibiting publication not affected
8A. Handing down and delivering judgments by electronic communication does not contravene rules of law relating to open justice
8B. Certain measures in relation to proceeding or hearing do not contravene rules of law relating to open justice
8C. Court may restrict or prohibit publication of transcript provided under section 8B
PART 2--GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR SUPPRESSION ORDERS
9. Application of Part
10. Notice of applications for suppression orders
11. Notifications to relevant news media organisations
12. Duration of orders
13. Scope of information covered by order
14. Order must be made on basis of evidence or sufficient credible information
14A. Statement of reasons for making a suppression order
15. Review of orders
16. Duty to publish reasons, judgments or decisions
PART 3--PROCEEDING SUPPRESSION ORDERS
17. Court or tribunal may make proceeding suppression order
18. Grounds for proceeding suppression order
19. Procedure for making a proceeding suppression order
20. Interim orders
21. Where a proceeding suppression order applies
22. Exceptions for conduct of proceeding, enforcement or informing persons of existence of proceeding suppression orders or interim orders
23. Offence to contravene proceeding suppression order or interim order
PART 4--BROAD SUPPRESSION ORDERS
24. Application of this Part
25. County Court may grant injunction restraining publication in relation to criminal proceeding
26. Magistrates' Court may make order prohibiting publication of specified material
27. Offence to contravene order under section 26(1)
PART 5--CLOSED COURT ORDERS
28. Principle of open justice and hearings in open court
29. Jurisdiction and powers of courts and tribunals to regulate proceedings
30. Power to close proceeding to the public
31. Requirement to post notice of closed court order on door of court or tribunal
32. Offence to contravene closed court order
PART 6--GENERAL
33. Regulations
PART 7--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
34. Transitional
35. Power to resolve transitional difficulties in proceeding
ENDNOTES
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