Northern Territory Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE) ACT 2023 (NO 33 OF 2023) - SECT 30

(1)     Section 124(1), penalty provision

omit

200 penalty units or imprisonment

insert

Imprisonment

(2)     After section 124(2)

insert

    (3)     Despite subsection (1), it is not an offence to publish a person's personal details if:

    (a)     the publication is in an official report of the proceeding; or

    (b)     the publication is in the course of:

        (i)     giving information to an information sharing entity under Chapter 5A; or

        (ii)     giving information to an information sharing authority (as defined in section 293C(1) of the Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 ) under Part 5.1A of that Act; or

    (c)     the publication is permitted or authorised under this Act or any other law of the Territory.

    (4)     In this section:

"proceeding" means:

    (a)     a proceeding for the hearing of an application for:

        (i)     a DVO; or

        (ii)     the variation or revocation of a DVO; or

    (b)     a proceeding for the confirmation of a DVO.