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Evidence Act 1939
56GAncillary orders where evidence of confidential
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56G Ancillary orders where evidence of confidential
communication to be adduced or produced
(1) Where the leave of the court or consent under section 56F(a) is
given to adduce or produce evidence of a confidential
communication, the court may take action to limit the harm likely to
be caused to the victim or any other person because of the
disclosure of the confidential communication.
(2) The action the court may take includes but is not limited to making
one or more of the following orders:
(a) an order that all or part of the evidence of the confidential
communication be adduced or produced in camera;
(b) an order relating to the production and inspection of a
document that in the opinion of the court is necessary to
protect the safety and welfare of the victim, the counsellor or
any other person who was a party to the confidential
communication;
(c) an order relating to the suppression of publication of all or part
of the evidence of the confidential communication that in the
opinion of the court is necessary to protect the safety and
welfare of the victim, the counsellor or any other person who
was a party to the confidential communication;
(d) an order relating to the disclosure of information about the
victim, the counsellor or any other person who was a party to
the confidential communication (including information that
enables a person to ascertain the party's private, business or
official address, email address or telephone number) that in
the opinion of the court is necessary to protect the party's
safety and welfare.
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