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ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (PROTECTION)
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- (c) the contempt of court is of such a nature that it interferes with, obstructs or poses a real risk of interference with or obstruction of the administration of justice;
- (d) it would be contrary to the public interest to allow the waiver.
(6) The court may, in granting any waiver of contempt of court under subsection (4), impose such conditions as it thinks fit.
(7) To avoid doubt, contempt of court referred to in subsection (3) may not be waived.
(8) A person who is not a party to an action commits contempt if he or she causes or abets the breach of any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process of a court, with the intention of causing such breach or knowing that it would cause such breach.
(9) In this section—
- "aggrieved party" means a party to the relevant proceedings for whose benefit any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process of a court is given, made or issued, or any undertaking to a court is given, in proceedings other than a proceeding against a person in respect of any offence;
- "undertaking given to a court" includes an implied undertaking given to a court.
Contempt by unauthorised audio or visual recordings
5.—(1) Subject to subsection (4), it is a contempt of court—
- (a) to use in court any audio recorder, electronic device or other instrument for audio or visual recording or both, or to bring into court any such instrument for the purpose of audio or visual recording or both, without the leave of the court;
- (b) to publish or transmit an audio or a visual recording or both of court proceedings made by means of any such audio recorder, electronic device or other instrument, or any recording derived directly or indirectly from it; or
- (c) to use any such recording in contravention of any conditions of leave granted under paragraph (a).
