Prohibited publications relating to inquests and pre-inquest conferences
41 Prohibited publications relating to inquests and pre-inquest conferences
A coroner, either before, during or immediately after the holding of an inquest or pre-inquest conference, may make an order prohibiting the publication of information relating to, or arising at, an inquest or pre-inquest conference.
Examples—A coroner may prohibit the publication of information that—
indicates a deceased person’s death was, or may possibly have been, self-inflicted; or
would tend to incriminate the witness.
A person must not contravene an order under subsection (1).Maximum penalty—150 penalty units.
A person must not publish, or allow someone else to publish—
a question disallowed by the Coroners Court at an inquest or pre-inquest conference; or
an answer given to a question disallowed by the Coroners Court at an inquest or pre-inquest conference.
Maximum penalty—150 penalty units.
The coroner, by order, may prohibit a person—
immediately before, during or immediately after the holding of an inquest or pre-inquest conference, from filming, photographing, sketching or recording anything—
in the room or other place in which the inquest or pre-inquest conference is about to be, is being or has been held; or
in a room or other place set aside by a coroner for a purpose connected with the holding of the inquest or pre-inquest conference; or
in an entrance or passageway leading to or from a room or place mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii); or
publishing a film, photograph, sketch or record taken contrary to an order made under paragraph (a).
A person must comply with the order, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.Maximum penalty—150 penalty units.
The Coroners Court may make an order prohibiting—
the issue of the whole or part of a copy of the record made under the Recording of Evidence Act 1962; or
the publication of the whole or part of a copy of the record made under that Act.
A person must comply with the order, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.Maximum penalty—150 penalty units.
In this section—publish includes publish on radio, television or the internet.record includes make an audio recording.
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