Restriction about records and access to application for authority to create birth certificate
293 Restriction about records and access to application for authority to create birth certificate
This section applies to—
a proceeding on an application under section 289 for a birth certificate approval in relation to the acquisition or use of an assumed identity under a corresponding authority; and
an order given in the proceeding.
Despite the Recording of Evidence Act 1962, a transcript of the proceeding must not be made.
A person must not publish a report of the proceeding.Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.
A person is not entitled to search information in the custody of a court in relation to the proceeding, unless a Supreme Court judge otherwise orders in the interests of justice.
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