Queensland Consolidated Acts

INVASION OF PRIVACY ACT 1971

- As at 1 July 2024
- Act 50 of 1971

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      (Repealed)
   4.      Definitions

   PART 2 - INSPECTORS

   5.      Appointment of inspectors
   6.      Inspector’s identity card
   6A.     Production of inspector’s identity card
   7.      Powers of inspector

   PART 3 - (Repealed)

   PART 4 - LISTENING DEVICES

   41.     Part binds Crown
   42.     Reference to listening devices and private conversations
   43.     Prohibition on use of listening devices
   44.     Prohibition on communication or publication of private conversations unlawfully listened to
   45.     Prohibition on communication or publication of private conversations by parties thereto
   46.     Inadmissibility of evidence of private conversations when unlawfully obtained
   47.     (Repealed)
   48.     Advertising listening devices prohibited

   PART 4A - INVASION OF PRIVACY WITH RESPECT TO DWELLING HOUSES

   48A.    Unlawful entry of dwelling houses

   PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

   48B.    Delegation by chief executive
   49.     Offences and penalty
   49A.    Executive officer may be taken to have committed offence
   50.     Proceedings how and when taken
   51.     Saving of remedies
   51A.    Protection from liability
   51B.    Approval of forms
   52.     Regulation-making power
   53.     (Repealed)