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SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 2007 (NO 19 OF 2007) - SECT 46

Order allowing publication or communication in public interest

    (1)     On application made under section 47, a Judge may make an order that a person may publish or communicate any of the following that has come to the person's knowledge as a direct or indirect result of the use of a surveillance device under Division 2:

    (a)     a private conversation;

    (b)     a report or record of a private conversation;

    (c)     a record of a private activity.

    (2)     However, the Judge may make the order only if satisfied the publication or communication should be made to protect or further the public interest.

    (3)     The Judge may make the order subject to the conditions the Judge considers necessary in the circumstances.

    (4)     On application made under section 47, a Judge may make an order that a report or record of a private conversation or a record of a private activity obtained as a direct or indirect result of the use of a surveillance device under Division 2:

    (a)     be made available to any person or destroyed; or

    (b)     be given to: or

        (i)     the Territory Police Force or police force of a State or another Territory;

        (ii)     the Australian Federal Police; or

        (iii)     the Australian Crime Commission; or

    (c)     be kept in the custody of the Supreme Court if the Judge is satisfied it is necessary to protect or further the public interest.



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