Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(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.
Maximum penalty--
(a) for an individual--100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or
(b) for a corporation--1000 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 any case--as authorised by a judicial officer under section 21AZA.