Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 1978 - SECT 8

8 Exempted reports

(1) Sections 6 and 7F (1) do not apply to—

(a) a report made for the purposes of an examination of witnesses or a trial or of a proceeding on appeal arising from a trial; or

(b) a report made verbatim of a judgment or decision delivered in a trial or in a proceeding on appeal arising from a trial and contained in a recognised series of law reports; or

(c) a report made to or on behalf of the Department of Justice and Attorney-General, the commissioner of the police service, the Queensland College of Teachers or the department for the time being administering the Child Protection Act 1999 for the purposes of the department or other entity to or on behalf of which it is made; or

(d) a report made to or on behalf of a relevant education entity for the purposes of the entity to or on behalf of which it is made, if the report relates to a defendant mentioned in column 1, item 5(1) or 7A of the table in the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 , section 9A ; or

(e) a report made to or on behalf of the Crime and Corruption Commission.

(3) In this section—

"relevant education entity" means—

(a) the department in which the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 is administered; or

(b) TAFE Queensland established under the TAFE Queensland Act 2013 .