9AProhibition on unauthorised transmission of court proceedings from courtroom

#### 9A Prohibition on unauthorised transmission of court proceedings from courtroom 9A Prohibition on unauthorised transmission of court proceedings from courtroom > > (1) A person must not use any device to transmit sounds or images (or both) from a room or other place where a court is sitting, or to transmit information that forms part of the proceedings of a court from a room or other place where that court is sitting, in any of the following ways— > > > > > (a) by transmitting the sounds, images or information to any person or place outside that room or other place, > > > > > (b) by posting entries containing the sounds, images or information on social media sites or any other website, > > > > > (c) by otherwise broadcasting or publishing the sounds, images or information by means of the Internet, > > > > > (d) by otherwise making the sounds, images or information accessible to any person outside that room or other place, > > > > whether that transmission, posting, broadcasting, publishing or other conduct occurs simultaneously with the proceedings or at a later time (or both). > > > > Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months (or both). > > > (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following— > > > > > (a) a device being used for a purpose other than a purpose referred to in subsection (1), > > > > > (b) the transmission of sounds, images or information by an audio link, audio visual link, closed-circuit link or other technology that enables communication between the room or other place where the court is sitting and another place and that has been expressly permitted by a judicial officer, > > > > > (c) any other transmission of sounds, images or information that has been expressly approved by a judicial officer, > > > > > (d) the transmission of sounds, images or information for the purpose of transcribing court proceedings for the court at a place outside the room or other place where the court is sitting, > > > > > (e) the use by a prosecutor of a tablet computer or other similar device to transmit sounds, images or information only to another prosecutor who either is not a witness in the relevant court proceedings or, if he or she is such a witness, who has already given evidence in those proceedings, > > > > > (f) the transmission of sounds, images or information in any circumstances that may be prescribed by the regulations. > > **s 9A:** Ins 2013 No 1, Sch 1.8 \[1\].