WORKPLACE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE ACT 1998 - SECT 9 Authority conferred by covert surveillance authority

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WORKPLACE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE ACT 1998 - SECT 9

9 Authority conferred by covert surveillance authority

(1) A covert surveillance authority that is issued to an employer or employer's representative authorises the covert video surveillance generally of any of the employer's employees for the purpose of establishing whether or not one or more particular employees are involved in any unlawful activity in the workplace.

(2) The authority conferred is subject to the following:

(a) the condition that the nominated licensed security operator oversees the conduct of the covert video surveillance authorised by the authority,

(b) any other conditions imposed on the authority by or under this Act.

(3) A covert surveillance authority does not authorise the carrying out, or causing to be carried out, of covert video surveillance of any employee of an employer:

(a) for the purpose of monitoring in the workplace the employee's work performance, or

(b) in any change room or toilet facility or shower or other bathing facility in the workplace.