Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts In this section and in
sections 20H to 20M —
direction means a direction under section 20J(1);
identifying evidence has the meaning given in
section 20I;
informant means a person who gives information to
a journalist in the normal course of the journalist’s work in the
expectation that the information may be published in a news medium;
journalist means a person engaged in the
profession or occupation of journalism in connection with the publication of
information in a news medium;
national security has the meaning that it has in
the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004
(Commonwealth) section 7;
news medium means a medium for the dissemination
to the public or a section of the public of news and observations on news;
person acting judicially does not include a member
of a House of Parliament or a Committee of a House, or both Houses, of
Parliament who, by law, has authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence;
proceeding does not include a proceeding before
either House of Parliament or a Committee of either House, or both Houses, of
Parliament, in which evidence is or may be given;
protection provisions (journalists) means this
section and sections 20I to 20M.
[Section 20G inserted: No. 31 of 2012 s. 5.]