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Criminal Procedure Act 2011

General provisions - Public access and restrictions on reporting - General provisions relating to suppression orders

210: Standing of members of media

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"Rules for reporters in court"

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If you are a reporter covering a court case, this law applies to you if you follow a code of ethics and the complaints procedures of the Broadcasting Standards Authority or the Press Council. You must also be working for an organisation that follows these rules. You can also be covered by this law if you have the court's permission to report on the case. You have the right to ask the court for a suppression order, or to change or cancel one, and the court must listen to what you have to say.

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Part 5General provisions
Public access and restrictions on reporting: General provisions relating to suppression orders

210Standing of members of media

  1. This section applies to—

  2. a person who is reporting on the proceedings and who is either subject to or employed by an organisation that is subject to—
    1. a code of ethics; and
      1. the complaints procedures of the Broadcasting Standards Authority or the Press Council; and
      2. any other person reporting on the proceedings with the permission of the court.

        1. A person to whom this section applies has standing to initiate, and be heard in relation to, any application for a suppression order, and any application to renew, vary, or revoke a suppression order.