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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 71

71—Restrictions on publication

        (1)         A person must not—

            (a)         publish information derived from a Register unless the information constitutes a fair and accurate summary of the information contained in the Register and is published in the public interest; or

            (b)         comment on the facts set forth in a Register unless the comment is fair and published in the public interest and without malice.

        (2)         If information or comment is published by a person in contravention of subsection (1), the person, and any person who authorised the publication of the information or comment, is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $15 000.



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