Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018
sec.16Recording persons in or near termination services premises
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sec.16 Recording persons in or near termination services premises
This section applies in relation to a recording (a restricted recording ) that— is an audio or visual recording of a person while the person is in, or entering or leaving, termination services premises; and contains information that identifies, or is likely to lead to the identification of, the person. A person must not, without reasonable excuse, make a restricted recording of another person without the other person’s consent. It may be a reasonable excuse for the occupier of premises to make a restricted recording of persons in or near the premises, without the persons’ consent, for security purposes. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. A person must not, without reasonable excuse, publish or distribute a restricted recording of another person without the other person’s consent. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a police officer doing a thing in the course of performing the officer’s duties. In this section— distribute includes— communicate, exhibit, send, supply or transmit (including by live streaming), whether or not to a particular person; and make available for access, whether or not to a particular person; and enter into an agreement or arrangement to do a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; and attempt to distribute. publish means publish to the public by television, radio, the internet, newspaper, periodical, notice, circular or other form of communication. visual recording includes a photograph. (sec.16-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a recording (a restricted recording ) that— is an audio or visual recording of a person while the person is in, or entering or leaving, termination services premises; and contains information that identifies, or is likely to lead to the identification of, the person. (sec.16-ssec.2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, make a restricted recording of another person without the other person’s consent. It may be a reasonable excuse for the occupier of premises to make a restricted recording of persons in or near the premises, without the persons’ consent, for security purposes. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.16-ssec.3) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, publish or distribute a restricted recording of another person without the other person’s consent. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.16-ssec.4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a police officer doing a thing in the course of performing the officer’s duties. (sec.16-ssec.5) In this section— distribute includes— communicate, exhibit, send, supply or transmit (including by live streaming), whether or not to a particular person; and make available for access, whether or not to a particular person; and enter into an agreement or arrangement to do a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; and attempt to distribute. publish means publish to the public by television, radio, the internet, newspaper, periodical, notice, circular or other form of communication. visual recording includes a photograph.