South Australian Consolidated Acts

LISTENING AND SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 1972 - SECT 5

5—Prohibition on communication or publication

        (1)         A person must not knowingly communicate or publish information or material derived from the use (whether by that person or another person) of a listening device in contravention of section 4.

Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (2)         This section does not prevent the communication or publication of information or material derived from the use of a listening device in contravention of section 4—

            (a)         to a person who was a party to the conversation to which the information or material relates; or

            (b)         with the consent of each party to the conversation to which the information or material relates; or

            (c)         for the purposes of a relevant investigation or a relevant proceeding relating to that contravention of section 4 or a contravention of this section involving the communication or publication of that information or material.