Acts and Regulations

2017, c.5 - Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Act

Section 13
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Confidentiality
13(1)No person shall disclose to another person any information in a court document or record relating to a proceeding under this Act that identifies or may identify the home or business address of an applicant, other than information contained in the application for an emergency intervention order or in the order, or that is necessary to enforce the order.
13(2)The Court may exclude the public from a hearing or any part of a hearing if, in the opinion of the judge, the possibility of an injustice, harm, hardship or adverse effect to or on the applicant or a child outweighs the desirability of holding the hearing in public.
13(3)At the request of an applicant, on a review under section 8 or on an application under section 9, the Court may make an order prohibiting the release of information pertaining to an emergency intervention order or a hearing if the Court believes that the release of the information
(a) is not in the best interests of the applicant or a child,
(b) may identify the applicant or a child, or
(c) may cause hardship or have an adverse effect on the applicant or a child.
13(4)An order referred to in subsection (3) does not prohibit access to Court files with the consent of a judge for research or statistical purposes if there is no public disclosure of the name or other information that could identify a person named in a report, hearing or other matter prohibited from being disclosed by the order.
Confidentiality
13(1)No person shall disclose to another person any information in a court document or record relating to a proceeding under this Act that identifies or may identify the home or business address of an applicant, other than information contained in the application for an emergency intervention order or in the order, or that is necessary to enforce the order.
13(2)The Court may exclude the public from a hearing or any part of a hearing if, in the opinion of the judge, the possibility of an injustice, harm, hardship or adverse effect to or on the applicant or a child outweighs the desirability of holding the hearing in public.
13(3)At the request of an applicant, on a review under section 8 or on an application under section 9, the Court may make an order prohibiting the release of information pertaining to an emergency intervention order or a hearing if the Court believes that the release of the information
(a) is not in the best interests of the applicant or a child,
(b) may identify the applicant or a child, or
(c) may cause hardship or have an adverse effect on the applicant or a child.
13(4)An order referred to in subsection (3) does not prohibit access to Court files with the consent of a judge for research or statistical purposes if there is no public disclosure of the name or other information that could identify a person named in a report, hearing or other matter prohibited from being disclosed by the order.