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#### 58A President may restrict disclosures about certain decisions
58A President may restrict disclosures about certain decisions
> > (1) The President may make a relevant order if the President is satisfied it is desirable to make the order—
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> > > (a) because of the confidential nature of evidence or another matter, or
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> > > (b) for another reason.
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> > (2) A relevant order—
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> > > (a) may be made on the President’s own motion or on the application of a party to proceedings, and
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> > > (b) must be made in accordance with the Commission rules.
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> > (3) In this section—
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> > relevant order means the following orders—
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> > > (a) an order prohibiting or restricting the publication or disclosure of details of a decision referred to in section 58(1),
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> > > (b) an order prohibiting or restricting the publication or disclosure of the following, whether or not the person is a party to proceedings in the Commission or a witness appearing before the Commission—
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> > > > (i) a person’s name,
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> > > > (ii) information, a picture or other material that identifies or is likely to lead to the identification of the person,
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> > > (c) an order prohibiting or restricting the publication or broadcast of a report, including a sound recording, video recording or transcript, of proceedings in the Commission,
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> > > (d) an order prohibiting or restricting the publication of evidence given before the Commission, whether in public or private, or of matters contained in documents lodged with the Commission or received in evidence by the Commission,
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> > > (e) an order prohibiting or restricting the disclosure of the following to some or all of the parties to the proceedings—
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> > > > (i) evidence given before the Commission,
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> > > > (ii) the contents of a document lodged with the Commission or received in evidence by the Commission in relation to the proceedings.
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> **s 58A:** Ins 2026 No 1, Sch 4\[2\].