69Civil forfeiture order proceedings—restrictions on

69 Civil forfeiture order proceedings—restrictions on (1) On application by the DPP, a relevant court hearing an application for a civil forfeiture order may— (a) direct that the hearing of the application, or part of it, take place in closed court and give directions about who may be present; and (b) give directions prohibiting or restricting the publication or disclosure of 1 or more of the following: (i) the fact that an application for the order, or that a civil forfeiture order, has been made; (ii) the application for the order; (iii) any information about the proceeding (whether or not a hearing has been held);

(iv) any evidence given, statement made or thing done during the proceeding; (v) any information, document or thing derived from anything 1 that the application for the civil forfeiture order not be disclosed to the person against whom the civil forfeiture order is made until the court has decided an application for a restraining order against someone else’s property 2 that the supporting affidavit must be made available only to the offender’s lawyer (2) In deciding whether to give a direction under subsection (1), the court must have regard to whether the direction— deciding whether to give a direction under subsection (1).