Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975 No. 55 of 1975 - SECT 82

PART VII-OFFENCES Disclosure of contents of telecommunications messages.
82. (1) Subject to this section, a person who is or has been an officer or
employee shall not divulge or communicate to any person, or make use of or
record, the contents or substance of a telecommunications message that came to
his knowledge or to which he had access by reason of his position as an
officer or employee.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) Sub-section (1) does not prohibit the doing of any thing by a person-

   (a)  in the performance of his duties as an officer or employee;

   (b)  as a witness summoned to give evidence or to produce documents in a
        court of law;

   (c)  in pursuance of the requirements of a law of Australia or a Territory;
        or

   (d)  in other prescribed circumstances, being circumstances in which the
        doing of the thing was in the public interest.