Unauthorised possession of, or dealing with, recording
21AZB Unauthorised possession of, or dealing with, recording
(1) A person commits an offence who, without authority—
(a) has a recording
in his or her possession; or
(b) supplies, or offers to supply, a recording
to any person; or
(c) plays, copies or erases a recording or permits a person
to play, copy or erase a recording.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—
(a)
for an individual—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or
(b) for a
corporation—1,000 penalty units.
(2) A person has authority for
subsection (1) only if the person has the possession or does the thing
mentioned in subsection (1) —
(a) in the case of a public official—for a
purpose connected with the proceeding for which the recording was made or any
rehearing or retrial of, or appeal from, the proceeding, or civil proceeding
in which the recording may be presented in evidence; or
(b) in the case of
the principal registrar of a court—as authorised under a practice direction
made under section 21AZEor section 21AZG; or
(c) in any case—as
authorised by a judicial officer under section 21AZA.
