Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00826:section:212n
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00826
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 212N
Character Range: 539230–540313

212N  Authorisation of recording or disclosure
 (1) A person is not liable to any proceedings for contravening a secrecy provision in respect of a recording or disclosure authorised under subsection 212M(3), unless the secrecy provision is a designated secrecy provision.
 (2) A secrecy provision is a provision that:
 (a) is a provision of a law of the Commonwealth (other than this Act); and
 (b) prohibits or regulates the use or disclosure of information.
 (3) A designated secrecy provision is any of the following:
 (a) sections 18 to 18B, 92 and 92A of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979;
 (b) section 34 of the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986;
 (c) sections 39 to 41 of the Intelligence Services Act 2001;
 (d) section 8WB of the Taxation Administration Act 1953;
 (e) a provision of a law of the Commonwealth prescribed by rules made for the purposes of this paragraph under section 212U;
 (f) a provision of a law of the Commonwealth of a kind prescribed by rules made for the purposes of this paragraph under section 212U.