Victorian Current Acts

OPEN COURTS ACT 2013 - SECT 8A

    (1)     A court or tribunal does not contravene any rule of law relating to open justice if, instead of handing down or delivering a judgment in a court room or hearing room that is open to the public, the court or tribunal—

        (a)     gives the parties notice that the judgment is to be handed down or delivered as described in paragraphs (b) and (c); and

        (b)     sends the judgment to the parties by electronic communication; and

        (c)     makes the judgment available to—

              (i)     the public generally; or

              (ii)     a member of the public on request.

    (2)     Nothing in subsection (1) permits the publication of information in connection with a proceeding if that publication is contrary to a prohibition or restriction imposed by or under this Act or any other Act.

    (3)     In this section—

"judgment" includes the following—

        (a)     reasons;

        (b)     an order (including a final order);

        (c)     a ruling;

        (d)     a finding;

        (e)     a decision;

        (f)     a determination.

S. 8B inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 110.