Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00443:clause:7_140
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00443
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 7 cl 140
Character Range: 79183–80166

140  Public hearings by the Australian Military Court

 (1) The hearing of proceedings before the Australian Military Court must be in public.

 (2) However, the Court may, if it considers it necessary in the interests of the security or defence of Australia, the proper administration of justice or public morals:
 (a) order that some or all of the members of the public are to be excluded during the whole or a specified part of the proceedings; or
 (b) order that no report of, or relating to, the whole or a specified part of the proceedings is to be published.

 (3) If proceedings before the Court are held in a secure place, then, subject to an order (if any) in force under subsection (2), the appropriate service chief must cause such steps to be taken as will permit the public to have reasonable access to the proceedings.

 (4) In subsection (3):

secure place means a place the entry to which is controlled by guards who are constables or members of the Defence Force.