Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) Section 635A(2) is
amended as follows:
(a) by
deleting the full stop after paragraph (c) and inserting instead a
semicolon;
(b) by
inserting after paragraph (c) the following paragraph —
“
(d) make an order prohibiting or restricting the
publication outside the court-room of any matter likely to lead members of the
public to identify a victim of an offence with which a trial or other criminal
proceeding is concerned.
”.
(2) After section
635A(2) the following subsection is inserted —
“
(2a) An order under subsection (1)(d) does not
prohibit the publication of matter identifying a victim if —
(a) the
victim consents to the publication of the matter before it is published; and
(b) at
the time of consenting to the publication, the victim has reached 18 years of
age and is not a person who, because of mental impairment, is incapable of
making reasonable judgments in respect of the publication of such matter.
”.