Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 286

    Division   2 does not prohibit a disclosure by a person of information or a document if:

  (a)   the information or document came to the person's knowledge, or into the person's possession, because of a call to an emergency service number; and

  (b)   the information, or the contents of the document, consists of any or all of the following:

  (i)   a name;

  (ii)   a telephone number;

  (iii)   an address;

  (iv)   a location;

  (v)   the matter or matters raised by the call; and

  (c)   the disclosure is made to:

  (i)   a member of a police force or service; or

  (ii)   a member of a fire service; or

  (iii)   a member of an ambulance service; or

  (iv)   an emergency call person; or

  (v)   if there is a numbering scheme manager--a service specified by the ACMA for the purposes of this subparagraph in a legislative instrument; or

  (va)   if there is no numbering scheme manager--a service specified for the purposes of this subparagraph in the numbering plan made by the ACMA; or

  (vi)   a service for despatching a force or service referred to in subparagraph   (i), (ii), (iii), (v) or (va);

    for purposes connected with dealing with the matter or matters raised by the call.