New South Wales Repealed Acts

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CRIMINAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2001 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Amendment of Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987

(Section 3)

[1] Section 11 Publication and broadcasting of names

Omit section 11 (1). Insert instead:

(1) The name of any of the following persons must not be published or broadcast in a way that connects the person with the criminal proceedings concerned:

(a) any person who:

(i) appears as a witness before a court in any criminal proceedings, or to whom any criminal proceedings relate, and

(ii) was a child when the offence to which the proceedings relate was committed,

(b) any person who is mentioned in any criminal proceedings in relation to something that occurred when the person was a child,

(c) any person who is otherwise involved in any criminal proceedings and was a child when the person was so involved.

(1A) The prohibition in subsection (1) applies to the publication or broadcast of the name of a person:

(a) whether the publication or broadcast occurs before or after the proceedings concerned are disposed of, and

(b) even if the person is no longer a child at the time of the publication or broadcast.

[2] Section 11 (3), (4) (a), (4) (b) (ii), (4) (c), (4B), (4C), (4E) and (5)

Omit "child" wherever occurring. Insert instead "person".

[3] Section 11 (4) (b)

Omit "name of a child". Insert instead "name of a person".

[4] Section 11 (4) (b) (i)

Omit "child who is". Insert instead "person who is a child".

[5] Section 11 (4C) (b)

Omit "child's name". Insert instead "person's name".

[6] Section 11 (6)

Omit "child" where firstly occurring. Insert instead "person".