Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) This Act does not limit or otherwise affect the operation of a provision made by or under any other Act that—
(a) prohibits or restricts, or authorises a court or tribunal to prohibit or restrict, the publication or other disclosure of information for or in connection with any proceeding; or
(b) requires or authorises a court or tribunal to close any proceeding to the public.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), this Act does not limit the operation of the following provisions—
(a) section 121 of the Adoption Act 1984 ;
(b) section 534 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 ;
(c) sections 17(3), (4) and (5), 36L(6), (7) and (8) and 37(9), (10) and (11) of the Confiscation Act 1997 ;
(d) section 75 of the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 ;
(e) Part 4 of the Criminal
Organisations Control Act 2012 ;
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(f) sections 32F or 42BQ of the Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958 ;
(g) sections 166 or 167 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 ;
(h) section 43 of the Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 ;
(i) section 133 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 ;
(j) Division 1 of Part 13 of the Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009 ;
(k) section 12 of the Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003 ;
(l) section 43 of the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 ;
(m) clause 37 of Schedule 1 to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 .
Note
Other Acts have specific suppression regimes that place statutory restrictions or prohibitions on the disclosure of information. For example, see sections 3 and 4 of the Judicial Proceedings Reports Act 1958 and sections 77 and 78 of the Juries Act 2000 .
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