Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 609A

609A Use of body-worn cameras

(1) It is lawful for a police officer, protective services officer or watch-house officer to use a body-worn camera to record images or sounds while the officer is acting in the performance of the officer’s duties.

(2) Use of a body-worn camera by a police officer, protective services officer or watch-house officer under subsection (1) includes use that is—

(a) inadvertent or unexpected; or

(b) incidental to use while acting in the performance of the officer’s duties.

(3) Subsection (1) does not affect an ability the police officer, protective services officer or watch-house officer has at common law or under this Act or another Act to record images or sounds.

(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (1) is a provision authorising the use by a police officer, protective services officer or watch-house officer of a listening device, for the purposes of the Invasion of Privacy Act 1971 , section 43 (2) (d) .

(5) In this section—

"body-worn camera" means a device—

(a) worn on clothing or otherwise secured on a person; and

(b) designed to be used to—

(i) record images; or

(ii) record images and sounds.