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OPEN COURTS ACT 2013 - SECT 8

Other laws restricting or prohibiting publication not affected

S. 8(1) amended by No. 11/2019 s. 6(1).

    (1)     This Act does not limit or otherwise affect the operation of a provision made by or under any other Act, including an Act of the Commonwealth, that—

        (a)     prohibits or restricts, or authorises a court or tribunal to prohibit or restrict, the publication or other disclosure of information for or in connection with any proceeding; or

        (b)     requires or authorises a court or tribunal to close any proceeding to the public.

S. 8(1A) inserted by No. 11/2019 s. 6(2).

    (1A)     If a provision of an Act referred to in subsection (2) prohibits or restricts, or authorises a court or tribunal to prohibit or restrict, the publication or other disclosure of information for or in connection with any proceeding, a court or tribunal must not make a suppression order that prohibits or restricts the publication or other disclosure of information which is already prohibited or restricted by that other provision.

    (2)     Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), this Act does not limit the operation of the following provisions—

        (a)     section 121 of the Adoption Act 1984 ;

        (b)     section 534 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 ;

S. 8(2)(c) amended by No. 27/2016 s. 44.

        (c)     sections 17(3), (4) and (5), 36L(6), (7) and (8), 37(9), (10) and (11) and 40H(7), (8) and (9) of the Confiscation Act 1997 ;

        (d)     section 75 of the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 ;

        (e)     Part 4 of the Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012 ;

        (f)     sections 32F or 42BQ of the Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958 ;

        (g)     sections 166 or 167 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 ;

        (h)     section 43 of the Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 ;

              (i)     section 133 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 ;

S. 8(2)(j) substituted by No. 27/2018 s. 361.

        (j)     Division 1 of Part 19 of the Serious Offenders Act 2018 ;

S. 8(2)(ja) inserted by No. 21/2016 s. 23.

        (ja)     section 66ZZB of the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 ;

        (k)     section 12 of the Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003 ;

        (l)     section 43 of the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 ;

S. 8(2)(m) amended by No. 11/2019 s. 6(3)(a).

        (m)     clause 37 of Schedule 1 to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 ;

S. 8(2)(n) inserted by No. 11/2019 s. 6(3)(b).

        (n)     sections 3 and 4 of the Judicial Proceedings Reports Act 1958 ;

S. 8(2)(o) inserted by No. 11/2019 s. 6(3)(b).

        (o)     sections 7 and 48 of the Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 ;

S. 8(2)(p) inserted by No. 11/2019 s. 6(3)(b).

        (p)     sections 10A and 13 of the Witness Protection Act 1991 .

Note to s. 8(2) amended by No. 11/2019 s. 6(4).

Note

Other Acts have specific suppression regimes that place statutory restrictions or prohibitions on the disclosure of information. For example, see sections 77 and 78 of the Juries Act 2000 .

S. 8(3) inserted by No. 11/2019 s. 6(5).

    (3)     A suppression order that prohibits or restricts the publication or other disclosure of information which is already prohibited or restricted by the operation of a provision made by or under any Act, including an Act of the Commonwealth, is not invalid merely because it covers the same prohibition, restriction or disclosure as the provision of an Act.

S. 8A inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 110.



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