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VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 1997 - SECT 53

Offences to disclose information identifying complainant or witness

    (1)     A person must not publish or broadcast or cause to be published or broadcast any report of a formal hearing under this Part which contains information which would enable the complainant to be identified unless the complainant has, before the publication or broadcast, consented to this.

Penalty:     For a natural person, 60 penalty units.

    For a body corporate, 300 penalty units.

    (2)     A person must not publish or broadcast or cause to be published or broadcast any report of a formal hearing under this Part which contains information which would enable, if the panel has made a determination prohibiting the publication or broadcast of the identity of a witness, that witness to be identified unless the witness has, before the publication or broadcast, consented to this.

Penalty:     For a natural person, 60 penalty units.

    For a body corporate, 300 penalty units.



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