Offence to publish recorded statement
21Q Offence to publish recorded statement
A person commits an offence if:
the person intentionally publishes a recorded statement; and
(b) the person does not have authority to publish the recorded statement and the person is reckless in relation to that circumstance.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
(2) For subsection (1), a person has authority to publish a recorded statement only if the person publishes the recorded statement in connection with:
(a) the investigation of, or a proceeding for, an offence in relation to which the recorded statement is prepared; or
a rehearing, retrial or appeal in relation to the proceeding.
In this section:
person includes the complainant who made the recorded statement.
publish means communicate or disseminate information in a way or to an extent that makes it available to, or likely to come to the notice of, the public or a section of the public or anyone else not lawfully entitled to the information.
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