(1) This section applies where a qualifying applicant makes an application to a magistrates’ court under section 47ZF or 47ZG in relation to a person.
(2) The qualifying applicant may apply to the court for it to authorise the specified information to be withheld from the person and any legal representative of the person.
(3) The court may grant an application under subsection (2) only if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the specified information is sensitive information.
(4) For the purposes of this section information is sensitive information if its disclosure would have one or more of the following results—
(a) evidence connected with an indictable offence would be interfered with or harmed;
(b) a person would be interfered with or physically injured;
(c) a person suspected of having committed an indictable offence but not yet arrested for the offence would be alerted;
(d) the recovery of property obtained as a result of an indictable offence would be hindered.
(5) In this section “specified information” means the information specified in the application under subsection (2).