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Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1997
69Confidentiality of communications carried on or after 1 July 1997
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#### 69 Confidentiality of communications carried on or after 1 July 1997
(1) Part 13 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 does not apply to information or a document that comes to a person’s knowledge, or into a person’s possession, unless:
(a) the information or document relates to:
(i) the contents or substance of a communication that has been carried on or after 1 July 1997; or
(ii) the contents or substance of a communication that is being carried on or after 1 July 1997 (including a communication that has been collected or received but has not been delivered); or
(iii) carriage services supplied, or intended to be supplied, on or after 1 July 1997; or
(b) both:
(i) the information or document relates to the affairs or personal particulars (including any unlisted telephone number or any address) of another person; and
(ii) the information or document came to the first‑mentioned person’s knowledge, or into the first‑mentioned person’s possession, on or after 1 July 1997.
(2) An expression used in this section and in Part 13 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 has the same meaning in this section as it has in Part 13 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.