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167 Exception to restriction on publication
(1) To remove any doubt, it is declared that section 166 does not apply to—
(a) a person publishing, or causing the publication of, a report about the proceeding or the order if the publication does not identify the locality of a court or particulars likely to identify a venue of a court, or particulars of a person; or
S. 167(1)(b) substituted by No. 42/2014 s. 124.
(b) the publication under section 85 of the **Vexatious Proceedings Act 2014** by the Attorney-General of a copy of an order that relates to an application or a proceeding under this Act.
S. 167(2) inserted by No. 23/2017 s. 12.
(2) Section 166(2) does not prevent a disclosure that is made by an information sharing entity for the purposes of Part 5A.