Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 171

  (1)   Divisions   3, 4 and 4A set out some circumstances when sections   276, 277 and 278 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 do not prohibit a disclosure of information or a document.

Note 1:   Division   3 covers the Organisation. Division   4 covers disclosures for the purposes of Australian enforcement agencies. Division   4A covers disclosures for the purposes of foreign law enforcement.

Note 2:   Those Divisions do not permit the disclosure of the contents or substance of a communication: see Division   2.

  (2)   Division   5 sets out some circumstances when sections   276, 277 and 278 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 do not prohibit a use of information or a document.

  (3)   Division   6 creates offences for certain disclosures and uses of information and documents.