59FOrders by Supreme Court

59F Orders by Supreme Court

59F Orders by Supreme Court

(1) The Supreme Court may make any orders the Court considers appropriate—

(a) to prohibit or restrict access to, or the disclosure or publication of, terrorism intelligence for the purposes of this Division, or

(b) to give effect to an agreement under section 59E.

(2) A person is guilty of an offence if the person contravenes an order under this section.

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of a corporation—100 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of an individual—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years (or both).

(3) A person is guilty of an offence against this subsection if the person commits an offence against subsection (2) in circumstances in which the person—

(a) intends to endanger the health or safety of any person or prejudice the effective conduct of an investigation into a relevant indictable offence, or

(b) knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the disclosure of the information—

(i) endangers or will endanger the health or safety of any person, or

(ii) prejudices or will prejudice the effective conduct of an investigation into a relevant indictable offence.

Maximum penalty—imprisonment for 7 years.

s 59F: Ins 2018 No 94, Sch 1.8 [16].