Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 200A

200A Confidentiality of particular proceedings

(1) This section applies to the following (each
"the proceeding" )—

(a) an application for leave to appeal, or an appeal, under section 195 ;

(b) a proceeding for contempt under section 199 ;

(c) an appeal against a decision in a proceeding mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) .

(2) The proceeding, or a hearing in the proceeding, must not be mentioned on a published court list.

Example of published court list—

daily law list

(3) If a party to the proceeding files an application or supporting material for the proceeding, the application or material must be accompanied by a notice to the registrar stating the application or material—

(a) is filed for a proceeding mentioned in subsection (1) ; and

(b) is a document to which subsections (4) to (6) apply.

(4) No record of proceedings is to be available for access by any person, unless the court has, on application by a person, given approval for the access.

(5) A person is not entitled to search information in the custody of a court in relation to the proceeding, unless the court otherwise orders in the interests of justice.

(6) Subsections (4) and (5) do not apply in relation to a party to the proceeding or a lawyer representing a party to the proceeding.

(7) Nothing in this section prevents the publication of reasons for a decision in the proceeding if the publication does not identify—

(a) a person; or

(b) information that may prejudice—

(i) an investigation being conducted by the commission; or

(ii) a specific intelligence operation being undertaken by the commission; or

(iii) the performance of another function of the commission.

(8) In this section—

"record of proceedings" includes—

(a) a transcript of the proceeding (whether written or otherwise); and

(b) documents in the court file for the proceeding; and

(c) an appeal book in relation to the proceeding.