Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203:clause:6_168m
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 168M
Character Range: 206010–206994

168M  Audiovisual recording—offences
 (1) A person commits an offence if the person, without authority:
 (a) possesses an audiovisual recording; or
 (b) supplies, or offers to supply, an audiovisual recording to another person; or
 (c) plays, copies or erases, or allows someone else to play, copy or erase, an audiovisual recording.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.
 (2) For the purposes of this section, a person has authority in relation to an audiovisual recording only if the person possesses the recording, or does something with the recording, in connection with:
 (a) the investigation of, or a proceeding for, an offence in relation to which the recording is prepared; or
 (b) a re‑hearing, re‑trial or appeal in relation to such a proceeding, including a proceeding in which the recording is or may be admitted in evidence under Subdivision E or F.

Subdivision D—Sexual and violent offence proceedings: giving evidence by audiovisual link