Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00749:section:182a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00749
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 182A
Character Range: 618725–619588

182A  Disclosure/use offences: journalist information warrants
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person discloses or uses information; and
 (b) the information is about any of the following:
 (i) whether a journalist information warrant (other than such a warrant that relates only to section 178A) has been, or is being, requested or applied for;
 (ii) the making of such a warrant;
 (iii) the existence or non‑existence of such a warrant;
 (iv) the revocation of such a warrant.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person discloses or uses a document; and
 (b) the document consists (wholly or partly) of any of the following:
 (i) a journalist information warrant (other than such a warrant that relates only to section 178A);
 (ii) the revocation of such a warrant.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.