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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 553

Offences that are going to be committed

  (1)   If:

  (a)   there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence against this Act is going to be committed; and

  (b)   the commission of that offence would pose a threat to the safety of human life or cause substantial loss or damage;

this Part applies in relation to the offence as if there were reasonable grounds for suspecting that it had been committed.

  (2)   A reference in this section to an offence against this Act includes a reference to an offence created by section   6 of the Crimes Act 1914 or Part   2.4 of the Criminal Code that relates to this Act.

  (3)   In this section:

"this Act" includes the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 and regulations under that Act.

 



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