Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008

In proceedings under this Act, an authorised court may, if satisfied that it is necessary to do so in order to protect the welfare of a person or for any other reason, make any one or more of the following orders—

an order that the proceedings be conducted wholly or partly in private,

an order prohibiting or restricting the publication or broadcasting of any report of the proceedings,

an order prohibiting or restricting the publication of evidence given in the proceedings, whether in public or in private, or of matters contained in documents lodged or filed with the court or received in evidence before the court,

an order prohibiting or restricting the disclosure to some or all of the parties to the proceedings of evidence given before the court, or of the contents of a document lodged or filed with the court or received in evidence by the court, in relation to the proceedings.

An authorised court may make an order under subsection (1) of its own motion or on the application of a person whose welfare is at issue or another person appearing in the proceedings.

Nothing in this section limits or otherwise affects any other power that an authorised court may have apart from this section in relation to the disclosure of matters arising in or from proceedings before the court.