Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 286

                   Division 2 does not prohibit a disclosure by a person of information or a document if:

                     (a)  the information or document came to the person's knowledge, or into the person's possession, because of a call to an emergency service number; and

                     (b)  the information, or the contents of the document, consists of any or all of the following:

                              (i)  a name;

                             (ii)  a telephone number;

                            (iii)  an address;

                            (iv)  a location;

                             (v)  the matter or matters raised by the call; and

                     (c)  the disclosure is made to:

                              (i)  a member of a police force or service; or

                             (ii)  a member of a fire service; or

                            (iii)  a member of an ambulance service; or

                            (iv)  an emergency call person; or

                             (v)  a member of a service specified in the numbering plan for the purposes of this subparagraph; or

                            (vi)  a service for despatching a force or service referred to in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (v);

                            for purposes connected with dealing with the matter or matters raised by the call.