177Voluntary disclosure

177 Voluntary disclosure

Enforcement of the criminal law (1) Sections 276, 277 and 278 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 do not prevent a disclosure by a person (the holder) of information or a document to an enforcement agency if the disclosure is reasonably necessary for the enforcement of the criminal law. Enforcement of a law imposing a pecuniary penalty or protection of the public revenue (2) Sections 276 and 277 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 do not prevent a disclosure by a person (the holder) of information or a document to an enforcement agency if the disclosure is reasonably necessary for the enforcement of a law imposing a pecuniary penalty or for the protection of the public revenue. Limitation (3) This section does not apply if a relevant staff member of an enforcement agency requests the holder to disclose the information or document.

Note: Sections 178 to 180 deal with the disclosure of information or a document in response to authorisations by an authorised officer of an enforcement agency.