Court may give directions about examination
596F Court may give directions about examination
Subject to section 597, the Court may at any time give one or more of the following:
a direction about the matters to be inquired into at an examination;
a direction about the procedure to be followed at an examination;
a direction about who may be present at an examination while it is being held in private;
a direction that a person be excluded from an examination, even while it is being held in public;
a direction about access to records of the examination;
a direction prohibiting publication or communication of information about the examination (including questions asked, and answers given, at the examination);
a direction that a document that relates to the examination and was created at the examination be destroyed.
The Court may give a direction under paragraph (1)(e), (f) or (g) in relation to all or part of an examination even if the examination, or that part, was held in public.
A person must not contravene a direction under subsection (1).
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