Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A person who
publishes protected information commits an offence.
Penalty: $5 000.
(2) Subsection (1)
does not prohibit publishing protected information —
(a) in
accordance with an authorisation granted by the Minister to conduct research
into matters relating to juries or jury service; or
(b) as a
part of a fair and accurate report of —
(i)
proceedings in respect of an alleged contempt of court,
an alleged offence against this Part or an alleged offence otherwise relating
to jury deliberations or a juror’s identity; or
(ii)
proceedings by way of appeal from proceedings referred to
in subparagraph (i); or
(iii)
if the protected information relates to jury
deliberations, proceedings by way of appeal from the trial in the course of
which the deliberations took place if the nature or circumstances of the
deliberations is an issue relevant to the appeal;
or
(c)
about a prosecution for an alleged offence against section 56B, 56C or this
section if, before the prosecution was instituted, that information had been
published generally to the public.
[Section 56D inserted: No. 12 of 2000 s. 10;
amended: No. 50 of 2003 s. 73(2).]