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### 83AE Information and access to proceedings, &c.
> [*\[Section 83AE of Part 8 Inserted by No. 14 of 2018, s. 7, Applied:14 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-14/act-2018-014#GS7@EN)
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> > (1) The Board may receive and take into account any information provided by a body or agency of this State, another State, a Territory or the Commonwealth, that may be relevant to the Board making a decision –
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> > > > (a) as to whether a prisoner is a terrorism-linked prisoner or has promoted a terrorist act; or
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> > > > (b) in relation to parole in respect of a prisoner who is a terrorism-linked prisoner or who has promoted a terrorist act.
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> > (2) [Subsection (1)](#GS83AE@Gs1@EN) does not limit the information that the Board may receive and take into account for the purposes of making a decision referred to in that subsection.
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> > (3) In any proceedings before the Board in relation to the making of a decision referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS83AE@Gs1@EN) in respect of a prisoner, the Board may make any one or more of the following orders:
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> > > > (a) that all or part of the proceedings are to be heard in private;
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> > > > (b) that only persons, or members of a class of persons, specified by the Board may be present during all or part of the proceedings;
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> > > > (c) that the publication of a report of all or part of the proceedings, or of any information that is disclosed in, or referred to in, all or part of the proceedings, is prohibited.
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> > (4) In any proceedings before a court in relation to a decision, by the Board, referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS83AE@Gs1@EN) , in respect of a prisoner, the court may make any one or more of the following orders:
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> > > > (a) that all or part of the proceedings are to be heard in closed court;
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> > > > (b) that only persons, or members of a class of persons, specified by the court may be present during all or part of the proceedings;
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> > > > (c) that the publication of a report of all or part of any of the following is prohibited:
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> > > > > > (i) the proceedings;
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> > > > > > (ii) any information that is disclosed in, or referred to in, all or part of the proceedings;
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> > > > > > (iii) any reasons given by the Board for a decision to which the proceedings relate;
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> > > > > > (iv) any earlier proceedings in relation to the making of a decision referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS83AE@Gs1@EN) in respect of a prisoner.