POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 355
Protection of surveillance device technologies and methods
POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 355
Protection of surveillance device technologies and methods
355 Protection of surveillance device technologies and methods
(1) Despite
the Recording of Evidence Act 1962, a transcript of a proceeding under this
chapter for an application or order or approval must not be made.
(2) A
person must not publish a report of a proceeding under this chapter for an
application or order or approval.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—85 penalty
units or 1 year’s imprisonment.
(3) Subsection (4) applies to a
proceeding before a court, a tribunal or a commission of inquiry under the
Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950.
(4) Without limiting section 803, if the
person conducting or presiding over a proceeding is satisfied that publication
of any information disclosed in the proceeding could reasonably be expected to
reveal details of surveillance device technology or methods of installation,
use or retrieval of surveillance devices, the person must make any orders
prohibiting or restricting publication of the information that the person
considers necessary to ensure that those details are not revealed.
(5)
Subsection (4) does not apply to the extent that the person conducting or
presiding over the proceeding considers that the interests of justice require
otherwise.
