Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A person shall not possess a record of a private conversation knowing that it has been obtained –
(a) directly or indirectly, by the use of a listening device in contravention of section 5; or
(b) as the result of the unintentional hearing of a private conversation.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply where the record is in the possession of the person –
(a) in connection with proceedings for an offence against this Act; or
(b) with the consent, express or implied, of all of the principal parties to the private conversation; or
(c) as a consequence of a communication or publication of that record to that person in circumstances that do not constitute an offence against this Part.