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TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS
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(c) disclosure to a court in civil proceedings where the High Court makes an order under subsection (4).

(4) If the High Court is satisfied that any adverse domestic or international impact that a disclosure of restricted information might have on any current or future collection and availability of transport safety related information is outweighed by the public interest in the administration of justice, the High Court may order the disclosure of the restricted information.

(5) In making an order under subsection (4), the High Court may direct that the restricted information, or any information obtained from the restricted information, must not—

(a) be published or communicated to any person; or
(b) be published or communicated except—
(i) in an anonymised form or as statistics which do not identify any person; or
(ii) in such manner, and to such persons, as the High Court specifies.

(6) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

(7) In this section—

“OBR information” means—
(a) an OBR or any part of an OBR;
(b) a copy or transcript of the whole or any part of an OBR, including a copy made before the happening of the transport occurrence that caused the recording to become an OBR; or
(c) any information obtained from an OBR or any part of an OBR;