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OPEN COURTS ACT 2013 (NO. 58 OF 2013) - SECT 19

Procedure for making a proceeding suppression order

    (1)     A court or tribunal may make a proceeding suppression order—

        (a)     on its own motion; or

        (b)     on the application of—

              (i)     a party to the proceeding concerned; or

              (ii)     any other person considered by the court or tribunal to have a sufficient interest in the making of the order.

    (2)     Each of the following persons may appear and be heard by the court or tribunal on an application for a proceeding suppression order—

        (a)     the applicant for the order;

        (b)     a party to the proceeding concerned;

        (c)     the Attorney-General;

        (d)     the Attorney-General of another State or Territory or of the Commonwealth;

        (e)     a news media organisation;

        (f)     any other person who, in the opinion of the court or tribunal, has a sufficient interest in the question of whether the order should be made.

    (3)     Subject to rules of court (if any) or unless the court or tribunal otherwise orders, an applicant for a proceeding suppression order is not required to give notice of the application to a person referred to in subsection (2)(a), (c), (d), (e) or (f).

    (4)     A proceeding suppression order may be made—

        (a)     at any time during a proceeding;

        (b)     after a proceeding has concluded.

    (5)     A proceeding suppression order may be made subject to any exceptions and conditions that the court or tribunal thinks fit and specifies in the order.



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