114AInformation about mercy petitions

114A Information about mercy petitions

114A Information about mercy petitions

(1) The publication or disclosure by or on behalf of the Attorney General of information relating to a mercy petition is not a contravention of the following—

(a) the Criminal Records Act 1991,

(b) the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002,

(c) the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998,

(d) any other Act.

(2) In this section, mercy petition includes—

(a) a petition for a review of a conviction or sentence, or for the exercise of the Governor’s pardoning power, referred to in Division 2 of Part 7,

(b) any other petition for the exercise of the prerogative of mercy.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010.

s 114A: Ins 2018 No 94, Sch 3. Am 2020 No 26, Sch 1.6[3].