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Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1991
8Disclosure of pre‑existing communications
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8 Disclosure of pre‑existing communications
Section 88 of the Telecommunications Act 1991 applies to any disclosure or use by a person of a fact or document that takes place after the commencement of that section even though: (a) it relates to a communication that was carried, or a telecommunications service that was supplied, before that commencement; or (b) the fact or document came to the knowledge, or into the possession, of the person before that commencement.