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DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 - SECT 160

Prohibition on obtaining copies of documents for proceeding

160 Prohibition on obtaining copies of documents for proceeding

(1) A person is not entitled to a copy of—
(a) any part of the record of a proceeding under this Act; or
(b) any document used or tendered in a proceeding under this Act.
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to—
(a) a party to the proceeding; or
(b) a person named in an order made in the proceeding; or
(c) a person expressly authorised by the court to obtain a copy of the record or document; or
(d) a person expressly authorised by the chief executive (magistrates court) to obtain a copy of the record or document; or
(e) a person authorised by the chief executive (magistrates court) under section 161 ; or
(f) an Australian court, if the copy of the record or document is relevant to a proceeding before that court; or
(g) a police officer, if—
(i) the court considers an offence may have been committed, an investigation into whether the offence has been committed is warranted, and the copy of the record is relevant to the investigation; or
(ii) the copy of the record is otherwise relevant to the investigation or prosecution of an offence, or another proceeding related to an offence; or
(h) the director under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1984 or a police prosecutor, if the copy of the record is relevant to the prosecution of an offence or another proceeding related to an offence.
(3) In this section—

"Australian court" means a court of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory.



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