Victorian Numbered Acts

OPEN COURTS ACT 2013 (NO. 58 OF 2013) - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are to—

        (a)     reform and consolidate provisions for suppression orders relating to information derived from proceedings applicable to the Supreme Court, the County Court, the Magistrates' Court, the Coroners Court, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and other prescribed courts and tribunals;

        (b)     reform and consolidate provisions for suppression orders relating to other information relevant to, but not derived from, certain proceedings in the County Court and the Magistrates' Court;

        (c)     make general provisions applicable to all suppression orders made pursuant to the exercise of the inherent jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and by courts or tribunals under this Act;

        (d)     reform and consolidate provisions for closed court orders applicable to the Supreme Court, the County Court, the Magistrates' Court, the Coroners Court, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and other prescribed courts and tribunals.