Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00106:clause:1_58aj
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00106
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 58AJ
Character Range: 114697–116158

58AJ  Publishing or broadcasting information identifying jurors, potential jurors or former jurors
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person publishes or broadcasts information to the public; and
 (b) either:
 (i) the information identifies another person as a juror, potential juror or former juror; or
 (ii) a member of the public could reasonably be expected to identify the other person as a juror, potential juror or former juror either on the basis of the information or on the basis of the information in conjunction with other publicly‑available information.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person publishes or broadcasts information to a section of the public; and
 (b) either:
 (i) the information identifies another person as a juror, potential juror or former juror; or
 (ii) a member of that section of the public could reasonably be expected to identify the other person as a juror, potential juror or former juror either on the basis of the information or on the basis of the information in conjunction with other information available to that section of the public.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a publication or broadcast that occurs in circumstances specified in regulations made for the purposes of this section.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3)—see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.