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Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991
59Police interview audiovisual recording—offences
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59 Police interview audiovisual recording—offences
(1) A person commits an offence if the person, without authority—
(a) possesses an audiovisual recording; or
(b) supplies, or offers to supply, an audiovisual recording to another
person; or
(c) plays, copies or erases, or allows someone else to play, copy or
erase, an audiovisual recording.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or
(2) For this section, a person has authority in relation to an audiovisual
recording only if the person possesses the recording, or does
something with the recording, in connection with—
(a) the investigation of, or a proceeding for, an offence in relation
to which the recording is prepared; or
(b) a re-hearing, re-trial or appeal in relation to the proceeding; or
(c) another proceeding in which the recording is or may be admitted
in evidence under section 56.