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Legal Services Act 2011

Administration of legal services system - Miscellaneous provisions - Offences

112A: Offence of breaching suppression order

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"Breaking a court order to keep information secret can lead to a fine."

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If you break an order made under section 57A or 86A, you can be fined up to $3,000 if you are convicted. You will have broken the law if you do not follow the order. The order is made to protect certain information.

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Miscellaneous provisions: Offences

112AOffence of breaching suppression order

  1. A person who breaches an order made under section 57A or 86A is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000.

Notes
  • Section 112A: inserted, on , by section 150 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).