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CHILD WELLBEING AND SAFETY ACT 2005 - SECT 16ZE

Prohibition on publishing certain information

    (1)     A person must not publish, or cause to be published, any information that would enable the identification of a person who has notified the Commission of—

        (a)     a reportable allegation; or

        (b)     a concern that reportable conduct has occurred.

Penalty:     In the case of a body corporate, 300 penalty units;

In any other case, 60 penalty units.

    (2)     A person must not publish, or cause to be published, any information that would enable the identification of a child in relation to whom—

        (a)     a reportable allegation was made; or

        (b)     a finding of reportable conduct was made.

Penalty:     In the case of a body corporate, 300 penalty units;

In any other case, 60 penalty units.

    (3)     Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the publication of information permitted by or under any other Act.

S. 16ZE(3A) inserted by No. 23/2017 s. 31.

    (3A)     Subsections (1) and (2) do not prevent a disclosure that is made for the purposes of Part 5A of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 by an information sharing entity (within the meaning of that Act).

S. 16ZE(3B) inserted by No. 11/2018 s. 7.

    (3B)     Subsections (1) and (2) do not prevent a disclosure that is made for the purposes of Part 6A by an information sharing entity or a restricted information sharing entity.

    (4)     In this section—

"publish" means disseminate or provide access to the public or a section of the public by any means, including by—

        (a)     publication in a book, newspaper, magazine or other written publication; or

        (b)     broadcast by radio or television; or

        (c)     public exhibition; or

        (d)     broadcast or electronic communication.

S. 16ZF inserted by No. 4/2017 s. 6.



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