Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In proceedings on
a case for bail, the judicial officer must take all reasonable steps to
maintain the confidentiality of information that the judicial officer
considers is terrorist intelligence information, including steps —
(a) to
receive evidence and hear argument about the information in private and in the
absence of any person other than the prosecutor and any other person to whose
presence the prosecutor consents; and
(b) to
prohibit the publication of, or a reference to, terrorist intelligence
information; and
(c) to
order that the following documents must be provided in a redacted form —
(i)
an approved form given under section 8;
(ii)
a report made in accordance with section 24 or 24A.
(2) If the judicial
officer considers that the information is not terrorist intelligence
information, the judicial officer must —
(a) give
the prosecutor the opportunity to withdraw the information from consideration;
and
(b) if
the information is withdrawn, prohibit the publication of, or a reference to,
the information.
(3) Despite
subsections (1) and (2), the judicial officer may disclose terrorist
intelligence information or information withdrawn under subsection (2) to any
of the following —
(a) the
Attorney General;
(b) a
court;
(c) a
person to whom the prosecutor authorises disclosure.
[Section 66C inserted: No. 15 of 2019 s. 11.]