Ancillary orders where evidence of confidential communication to be adduced or produced
56G Ancillary orders where evidence of confidential communication to be adduced or produced
Where the leave of the court or consent under section 56F(a) is given to adduce or produce evidence of a confidential communication, the court may take action to limit the harm likely to be caused to the victim or any other person because of the disclosure of the confidential communication.
The action the court may take includes but is not limited to making one or more of the following orders:
an order that all or part of the evidence of the confidential communication be adduced or produced in camera;
an order relating to the production and inspection of a document that in the opinion of the court is necessary to protect the safety and welfare of the victim, the counsellor or any other person who was a party to the confidential communication;
an order relating to the suppression of publication of all or
part of the evidence of the confidential communication that in the opinion of the court is necessary to protect the safety and welfare of the victim, the counsellor or any other person who was a party to the confidential communication;
an order relating to the disclosure of information about the victim, the counsellor or any other person who was a party to the confidential communication (including information that enables a person to ascertain the party's private, business or official address, email address or telephone number) that in the opinion of the court is necessary to protect the party's safety and welfare.
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