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Legal Profession Act 2007
sec.656DProhibited publication about hearing of a discipline application
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### sec.656D Prohibited publication about hearing of a discipline application
The tribunal, either before, during or immediately after a hearing, may make an order prohibiting the publication of information stated in the order that relates to the discipline application, the hearing or an order of the tribunal.
A person must not contravene an order under subsection (1) .
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
A person must not publish or allow someone else to publish—
a question disallowed by the tribunal at the hearing; or
an answer given to a question disallowed by the tribunal at the hearing.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
Also, the tribunal may make an order prohibiting—
the issue of the entire or part of a copy of the record made under the Recording of Evidence Act 1962 ; or
the publication of the entire or part of a copy of the record made under that Act.
A person must not contravene an order under subsection (4) .
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
In this section—
publish includes publish on radio, television or the internet.
record includes an audio recording.
s 656D ins 2009 No. 24 s 1544
(sec.656D-ssec.1) The tribunal, either before, during or immediately after a hearing, may make an order prohibiting the publication of information stated in the order that relates to the discipline application, the hearing or an order of the tribunal.
(sec.656D-ssec.2) A person must not contravene an order under subsection (1) . Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(sec.656D-ssec.3) A person must not publish or allow someone else to publish— a question disallowed by the tribunal at the hearing; or an answer given to a question disallowed by the tribunal at the hearing. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(sec.656D-ssec.4) Also, the tribunal may make an order prohibiting— the issue of the entire or part of a copy of the record made under the Recording of Evidence Act 1962 ; or the publication of the entire or part of a copy of the record made under that Act.
(sec.656D-ssec.5) A person must not contravene an order under subsection (4) . Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(sec.656D-ssec.6) In this section— publish includes publish on radio, television or the internet. record includes an audio recording.
- (a) a question disallowed by the tribunal at the hearing; or
- (b) an answer given to a question disallowed by the tribunal at the hearing.
- (a) the issue of the entire or part of a copy of the record made under the Recording of Evidence Act 1962 ; or
- (b) the publication of the entire or part of a copy of the record made under that Act.