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SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 2007 (NO 19 OF 2007) - SECT 16

Communication and publication of information from use of data surveillance device

    (1)     A law enforcement officer is guilty of an offence if:

    (a)     the officer communicates or publishes any information (the "relevant information") about the input of information into, or the output of information from, a computer; and

    (b)     the relevant information has been obtained as a direct or indirect result of the use of a data surveillance device.

Maximum penalty:     100 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply:

    (a)     to a communication or publication made with the express or implied consent of the person for whom the information is input into or output from the computer; or

    (b)     to a communication or publication made in the course of a legal or disciplinary proceeding; or

    (c)     to a communication or publication of protected information; or

    (d)     to a communication or publication made by a law enforcement officer:

        (i)     to a person authorised by the chief officer of the law enforcement agency for investigating or prosecuting an offence; or

        (ii)     otherwise in the performance of the officer's duty; or

    (e)     to a communication or publication authorised by a law of the Commonwealth relating to the security of the Commonwealth.



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