63B. Restriction on publishing identifying information about protected persons

the person —

has attained 18 years of age;

does not lack mental capacity; and

has consented to the publication or broadcast; and

subject to subsection (3), the Director‑General approves the publication or broadcast.

in the case of the publication of the identifying information as part of a newspaper or periodical publication — each proprietor, editor, publisher and distributor of the newspaper or periodical publication;

in the case of the publication of the identifying information otherwise than as part of a newspaper or periodical publication — the person who publishes or distributes the identifying information; or

in the case of the broadcast of the identifying information — each person who transmits or provides the programme in which the identifying information is broadcast, and each person having functions in relation to the programme corresponding to those of the editor of a newspaper or periodical publication,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

a protector; or

the person whose identifying information was published or broadcast.

the application is not served on the person against whom the order is sought (called in this section the respondent) or is not served on the respondent within a reasonable time before the hearing of the application; or

where the application has been served on the respondent — the respondent does not appear at the hearing of the application,so long as the court is satisfied, on a balance of probabilities, that the order is necessary for the protection or personal safety of the person whose identifying information was published or broadcast.