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59  Transitional—certificates of enforcement agencies

Enforcement of the criminal law

(1) If:
 (a) a certificate was in force under subsection 282(3) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 immediately before the commencement of this item; and
 (b) before that commencement, a copy of the certificate was given in accordance with subsection 305(2) or (3) of that Act; and
 (c) before that commencement, no disclosure had been made as permitted by the certificate;
then the certificate has effect after that commencement as if it were an authorisation in force under subsection 178(2) of the TIA Act that authorised the disclosure of information or documents of a kind covered by the certificate that came into existence before that commencement.

Enforcement of a law imposing a pecuniary penalty or protection of the public revenue

(2) If:
 (a) a certificate was in force under subsection 282(4) or (5) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 immediately before the commencement of this item; and
 (b) before that commencement, a copy of the certificate was given in accordance with subsection 305(2) or (3) of that Act; and
 (c) before that commencement, no disclosure had been made as permitted by the certificate;
then the certificate has effect after that commencement as if it were an authorisation in force under subsection 179(2) of the TIA Act that authorised the disclosure of information or documents of a kind covered by the certificate that came into existence before that commencement.

Part 4‑2 of the TIA Act does not apply

(3) Part 4‑2 of the TIA Act does not apply to an authorisation referred to in this item.