Prohibited publication about hearing of a disciplinary application
650 Prohibited publication about hearing of a disciplinary application
The committee, either before, during or immediately after a hearing for a discipline application, may make an order prohibiting the publication of information stated in the order that relates to the discipline application, the hearing or an order of the committee.
A person must not contravene an order under subsection (1).
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
A person must not publish or allow someone else to publish—
a question disallowed by the committee at the hearing; or
an answer given to a question disallowed by the committee at the hearing.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
Also, the committee may make an order prohibiting—
the issue of the entire or part of a copy of the record made under the Recording of Evidence Act 1962; or
the publication of the entire or part of a copy of the record made under that Act.
A person must not contravene an order under subsection (4).
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
In this section—
publish includes publish on radio, television or the internet.
record includes make an audio recording.
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