Western Australian Numbered Acts

ACTS AMENDMENT (EVIDENCE) ACT 2000 (NO. 71 OF 2000) - SECT 9

9 .         Section 36C amended

        (1)         Section 36C(1) is amended by deleting “subsection (5)” and inserting instead —

                “ subsections (5) and (6) ”.

        (2)         Section 36C(2) is amended by deleting “not exceeding $500.” and inserting instead —

“
                of, in the case of an individual, $5 000 or, in the case of a body corporate, $25 000.

”.

        (3)         After section 36C(5) the following subsection is inserted —

“
        (6)         Nothing in this section prohibits the publication or broadcasting of matter identifying a complainant if —

            (a)         prior to the publication or broadcasting that complainant authorized in writing the publication or broadcasting of the matter; and

(b)         at the time the complainant authorized the publication or broadcasting, he or she was at least 18 years old and was not a person who, because of mental impairment (as defined in The Criminal Code ), is incapable of making reasonable judgments in respect of the publication or broadcasting of such matters

                proof of which lies on the publisher or broadcaster.

”.