Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The proceedings of a hearing before a commission are taken to be proceedings of public concern for the Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002 , section 139 (Defences of fair report of proceedings of public concern).
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the publication of a report of proceedings, or a part of proceedings, if a direction given under section 28 (3) restricts publication of the proceedings or part of them and the publication of the report contravenes the direction.
(3) A report of a commission that has been made public by the Chief Minister is taken to be a public document for the Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002 , section 138 (Defence for publication of public documents).