Police Powers (Surveillance Devices) Act 2006
45AValidation of certain actions
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45A Validation of certain actions
[Section 45A Inserted by No. 18 of 2018, s. 16, Applied:05 Oct 2018] If, after the day on which this Act commenced and before the day on which the Surveillance Legislation Amendments (Personal Police Cameras) Act 2018 commenced, any protected information within the meaning of section 32 was used, communicated or published in relation to a relevant offence, that use, communication or publication is taken to be, and to have always been, lawful, if the use, communication or publication, respectively, would have been lawful under this Act as in force after the amendment to section 33(4)(a) made by the Surveillance Legislation Amendments (Personal Police Cameras) Act 2018 had commenced.