Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Notwithstanding
any other law, a Member shall not publish in the course of the proceedings of
Parliament —
(a) any
information derived from a register unless that information —
(i)
constitutes a fair and accurate report or summary of
information contained in the register; and
(ii)
is published in good faith;
or
(b) any
comment on the facts set forth in a register unless that
comment —
(i)
is fair; and
(ii)
is published in good faith.
(2) A Member who
publishes, in the course of the proceedings of Parliament, any information or
a comment in contravention of subsection (1), is guilty of a contempt of
Parliament and the House of which he is a Member may deal with him
accordingly.
(3) For the purposes
of subsections (1) and (2) publish has the same meaning in relation to
any information or comment referred to in those subsections as is assigned to
it in sections 348 and 349 of The Criminal Code in relation to the
publication of defamatory matter.