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.