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Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2006C00305
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 31
Character Range: 75262–76228

31  Saving—offences against Part VIIB of the Crimes Act 1914

(1) For the purposes of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, prescribed offence includes an offence in relation to conduct (within the meaning of the Criminal Code) that:
 (a) occurred before Part VIIB of the Crimes Act 1914 was repealed by this Act; and
 (b) constituted an offence against a provision of that Part.

(2) Subsection 7(1) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 does not apply to, or in relation to, an act or thing done by an employee of a carrier (within the meaning of that Act) in the course of his or her duties for or in connection with the identifying or tracing of any person who has contravened, or is suspected of having contravened, a provision of Part VIIB of the Crimes Act 1914 before its repeal by this Act, where it is reasonably necessary for the employee to do that act or thing in order to perform those duties effectively.