Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(1) A magistrate hearing an application for a non-emergency protection order may, if satisfied that it is in the public interest or in the interests of justice to do so, by order, do any of the following:
(a) direct that the hearing, or part of the hearing, take place in private and give directions about the people who may be present;
(b) give directions prohibiting or restricting the publication of evidence given at the hearing, whether in public or private, or of matters contained in documents filed in the Magistrates Court or received in evidence by the court for the proceeding;
(c) give directions prohibiting or restricting the disclosure to some or all of the parties to the proceeding of evidence given at the hearing, or of a matter contained in a document filed in the court or received in evidence by the court for the proceeding.
(2) A person must not contravene an order under subsection (1).
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.