Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 6E

             (1)  Subject to subsection (2), a reference in this Act to lawfully intercepted information is a reference to information obtained (whether before or after the commencement of this section) by intercepting, otherwise than in contravention of subsection 7(1), a communication passing over a telecommunications system.

             (2)  A reference in this Act to lawfully intercepted information that was originally obtained by an agency, or by an eligible authority of a State, is a reference to:

                     (a)  information obtained, whether before or after the commencement of this section, by intercepting a communication under a warrant issued to the agency or authority; or

                     (b)  information communicated to the agency or authority in accordance with section 65A.