Courts Administration Act 1993

The following provisions apply in respect of the publication on an

the Council, a member of the Council, the Administrator and the other members of the staff of the Council have, in respect of that publication, the same privileges and immunities as if the publication consisted of a delivery of the decision by a judicial officer in court; and

that publication is in all other respects to be treated as if the publication consisted of the delivery of the decision by a judicial officer in court.

Subsection (1)—

does not apply unless the decision published on the Internet site was released by the judicial officer who made the decision before its publication in accordance with the procedures approved by the designated officer for the prescribed court of which the judicial officer is a member;

does not give rise to any privileges or immunities with respect to any subsequent publication of the decision by a third party.

In this section—

reasons for decision; and

remarks made by a judicial officer in passing sentence;

in relation to a court or tribunal that has a judicial head—the judicial head of that court or tribunal;

in any other case—the Chief Justice;

the Supreme Court; or

the District Court; or

any other court or tribunal of the State prescribed by the regulations.