Section 114N — Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)

It is an offence to communicate an account of proceedings under this Act to the public, if the account identifies certain people involved in the proceedings.

It is an offence to communicate a list of proceedings that are to be dealt with under this Act to the public, and that are identified by reference to the names of the parties to those proceedings.

A communication is not made to the public if the communication is made to a person with a significant and legitimate interest in the subject matter of the communication that is greater than the interest of members of the public generally.

Related sections

• s 114LB — Termination of appointment
• s 114LD — Delegation
• s 114M — Staff
• s 114P — Meaning of terms used in this Part
• s 114Q — Indictable offence—communication to the public of account of proceedings that identifies parties or others involved in proceedings
• s 114R — Indictable offence—communication to the public of list of court etc. proceedings that refers to names of parties

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