New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COURT SUPPRESSION AND NON-PUBLICATION ORDERS ACT 2010 - SECT 15

15 Disclosures that are not prevented by suppression orders

(1) A suppression order does not prevent a person from disclosing information if the disclosure is not by publication and is in the course of performing functions or duties or exercising powers in a public official capacity--

(a) in connection with the conduct of proceedings or the recovery or enforcement of any penalty imposed in proceedings, or

(b) in compliance with any procedure adopted by a court for informing a news media organisation of the existence and content of a suppression order or non-publication order made by the court.

(2) A suppression order does not prevent the disclosure of information to the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research if the disclosure is not by publication and the disclosure is made for the purposes of the compilation of statistical data about crime and criminal justice.