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Rh :(b) a fit person under whose care an individual or a vulnerable adult mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) is placed, or the location of the premises of such a fit person.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) prevents a place of temporary care and protection, place of safety or fit person from publishing its, his or her address in any publication, or on the website, of the place of temporary care and protection, place of safety or fit person, as the case may be.

(4) The court may, on an application made by the Director or a protector, order a person to remove the publication, or cease the broadcast, of any information or picture that is in contravention of subsection (1) or (2).

(5) The court may make an order under subsection (4) even if—
 * (a) the application is not served on the person against whom the order is to be made (called in this section the respondent) or is not served on the respondent within a reasonable time before the hearing of the application; or
 * (b) where the application has been served on the respondent — the respondent does not appear at the hearing of the application,

so long as the court is satisfied, on a balance of probabilities, that the order is necessary for the protection and safety of the individual or vulnerable adult concerned.

(6) If any information or picture is published or broadcast in contravention of subsection (1) or (2)—
 * (a) in the case of the publication of any information or picture as part of a newspaper or periodical publication, every proprietor, editor, publisher and distributor of the newspaper or periodical publication;
 * (b) in the case of the publication of any information or picture otherwise than as part of a newspaper or periodical publication, every person who publishes or distributes it; or