Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 21AZA

21AZA Court to give directions about the use or safekeeping of a recording

(1) The presiding judicial officer may make any order the judicial officer considers appropriate about the use or safekeeping of a recording.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the presiding judicial officer may give directions, with or without conditions, as to—

(a) the persons, or classes of persons, who are authorised to have possession of a recording; and

(b) the giving up of possession of a recording.

(3) The presiding judicial officer must have regard to the following matters when deciding the persons, or classes of persons, who are authorised to have possession of a recording—

(a) the need for counsel involved in the proceeding to have access to the recording;

(b) the need to ensure that persons authorised to have possession of the recording are able to take appropriate measures to ensure there is no unauthorised access to the recording.

(4) In this section—

"use" , of a recording, includes copying of the recording.