Western Australian Numbered Acts

TERRORISM (EXTRAORDINARY POWERS) ACT 2005 (NO. 41 OF 2005) - SECT 29

29 .         No publication of information about covert search warrant

        (1)         In this section —

        “confidential information” , in relation to a covert search warrant, means any information about or derived from —

            (a)         an application for the warrant or proceedings on the application; or

            (b)         a report given under section 28.

        (2)         A person must not publish any confidential information in relation to a covert search warrant except in accordance with the approval of the Supreme Court.

        Penalty: a fine of $24 000 and imprisonment for 2 years.