Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

YOUNG OFFENDERS REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 40B

40B .         Restriction of access to exchange information (s. 16(8)(b))

        (1)         A person must not publish information disclosed under section 16(5) of the Act without the written approval of the chief executive officer.

        Penalty: a fine of $1 000.

        (2)         The chief executive officer must not give approval under subregulation (1) unless the chief executive officer is satisfied that —

            (a)         the research for which the information was disclosed was conducted in a methodologically sound manner; and

            (b)         the report based on that research is factually correct; and

            (c)         the publication does not identify individuals, reveal confidential departmental information or otherwise pose a security risk to the operations of the Department.

        [Regulation 40B inserted in Gazette 3 Apr 2007 p. 1509-10.]

        [Heading amended in Gazette 27 Jun 2005 p. 2852.]