LISTENING DEVICES ACT 1991

Table of Provisions

PART 1 - Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Interpretation
• 4 Act to bind the Crown

PART 2 - Offences Relating to Listening Devices

• 5 Prohibition on use of listening devices
• 6 Power of Chief Magistrate to require subject to be informed of
surveillance
• 7 Further power of Chief Magistrate to require subject to be informed
of surveillance
• 8 Report to Attorney-General
• 9 Prohibition on communication or publication of private conversations
unlawfully listened to
• 10 Prohibition on communication or publication of records of private
conversations by parties thereto
• 11 Possession of record of private conversation
• 12 Offence against this Part

PART 3 - Admissibility of Evidence

• 13 Interpretation
• 14 Inadmissibility of evidence of private conversations when unlawfully
obtained
• 15 Admissibility of evidence of private conversation when obtained
inadvertently pursuant to warrant

PART 4 - Warrants

• 16 Interpretation
• 17 Warrants authorizing use of listening devices
• 18 Radio/telephone warrants
• 19 Report to Attorney-General, &c.
• 20 Requirement to inform subject of surveillance

PART 5 - Miscellaneous

• 21 Destruction of irrelevant records made by the use of a listening
device
• 22 Annual report by Attorney-General
• 23 Time for instituting proceedings for certain offences
• 24 Consent of Director of Public Prosecutions
• 25 Offences by corporations
• 26 Orders for forfeiture
• 27 Regulations

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