Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts After section 119
the following section is inserted —
“
120. Compensation magistrate’s court
records, access to
(1) In respect of a
compensation magistrate’s court’s records of proceedings in its
jurisdiction under section 115(1)(d), section 33 of the
Magistrates Court Act 2004 , with any necessary changes, applies.
(2) In respect of a
compensation magistrate’s court’s records of proceedings in its
jurisdiction under section 115(1)(a), (b) and (c), subsections (3)
to (9) apply.
(3) A party to the
proceedings may, on request, inspect or obtain a copy of any document that is
part of the court’s record of those proceedings.
(4) A person who is
not a party to the proceedings may, with the leave of the court, inspect or
obtain a copy of any document that is part of the court’s record of the
proceedings.
(5) Any person may,
with the leave of the court, inspect or obtain a copy of any thing (other than
a document) received by the court in the proceedings on which information is
recorded or stored, such as a photograph, tape or disc.
(6) Any person may,
with the leave of the court, listen to, view or obtain a copy of a recording
of the proceedings.
(7) When giving leave
under subsection (4), (5) or (6) the court may impose conditions on the
person’s access to information, including a condition prohibiting or
limiting the publication or use of the information.
(8) A decision by
the court under subsection (4), (5), (6) or (7) is administrative and is
final and not subject to any form of review.
(9) If under this
section a document may be supplied to a person it may, at the request of the
person, be supplied in an electronic form.
(10) The regulations
may prescribe fees to be paid for inspecting, obtaining a copy of, listening
to or viewing information in relation to proceedings in any jurisdiction of a
compensation magistrate’s court.
”.