Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
201Breaching directions preventing or restricting publication
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201 Breaching directions preventing or restricting publication
(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person publishes a matter contained in answers given or documents produced in the course of an *examination; and (b) the publication is in contravention of a direction given under section 193 by the *approved examiner who conducted the examination.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
(2) This section does not apply to disclosure of a matter: (a) to obtain legal advice or legal representation in relation to the order; or (b) for the purposes of, or in the course of, legal proceedings.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.