Anonymity - NCTJ Essential Media Law

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What is the youngest age someone can be prosecuted in the UK?
10
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Is there an automatic ban on identifying juveniles when they appear in the adult courts?
No
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Do Section 45 orders apply to the internet and social media?
Yes
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What does a Section 45A order of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 do?
Provide lifelong anonymity for a juvenile witness or alleged victim if they are in "fear or distress" about being identified.
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What does Section 39 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 do?
Provides anonymity to juveniles "concerned in proceedings" of civil cases
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What year was the Sexual Offences Act which you are expected to know for the NCTJ exam?
1992
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Would it breach the Sexual Offences Act 1992 to name in a report a victim of a **** and murder?
No
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Can somebody over the age of 16 waive their right to anonymity?
Yes providing they do so in writing and without interfering with their "peace and comfort" to gain the waiver
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What is the term for identifying someone through piecing together the various details reported in the media?
Jigsaw Identification
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What does the IPSO Code Clause 11 state?
The press must not publish anything which might lead to identification of a victim of a sex offence unless there is adequate justification and they are legally free to do so
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What is the IPSO code clause which relates to Children in Sex Cases?
7
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When was the Children and Young Person's Act?
1933
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When was the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act?
1999
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Who does a Section 46 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 apply to?
Adult witnesses
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Is there an automatic ban on identifying juveniles when they appear in the adult courts?

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Do Section 45 orders apply to the internet and social media?

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What does a Section 45A order of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 do?

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What does Section 39 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 do?

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