(1)  In this section –

child means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years.

(2)  If it appears to the Court that in the interests of justice it is desirable to prohibit the publication of any material relating to proceedings before it under this Act, the Court, before or during the course of the proceedings or after the proceedings, may make an order forbidding the publication of that material.

(3)  A person must not publish any material that is forbidden to be published by an order made under subsection (2) .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or both.

(4)  A person must not publish any material relating to proceedings under this Act which discloses, or may disclose, the identity of any child referred to in, or who is concerned with or affected by, the proceedings.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or both.

(5)  The publication of any reference or allusion to material which is forbidden, by an order made under subsection (2) or by subsection (4) , to be published is taken to be a publication of the material if that reference or allusion is, in the opinion of the Court, intended or sufficient to disclose the material.