Crimes Act. Australia
to the transaction);
(d) determining whether a specified person travelled or will travel between specified dates or specified locations, and details relating to the travel (including details relating to other persons travelling with the specified person);
(e) determining whether assets have been transferred to or from a specified person between specified dates, and details relating to the transfers (including details relating to the names of any other persons to or from whom the assets were transferred);
(f) determining whether an account is held by a specified person in respect of a specified utility (such as gas, water or electricity), and details relating to the account (including the names of any other persons who also hold the account);
(g) determining who holds an account in respect of a specified utility (such as gas, water or electricity) at a specified place, and details relating to the account;
(h) determining whether a telephone account is held by a specified person, and details relating to the account (including:
(i) details in respect of calls made to or from the relevant telephone number; or
(ii) the times at which such calls were made or received; or
(iii) the lengths of such calls; or
(iv) the telephone numbers to which such calls were made and from which such calls were received);
(i) determining who holds a specified telephone account, and details relating to the account (including details mentioned in paragraph (h));
(j) determining whether a specified person resides at a specified place;
(k) determining who resides at a specified place.
3ZQQ Powers conferred on Federal Magistrates in their personal capacity
(1) A power conferred on a Federal Magistrate by section 3ZQO is conferred on the Magistrate in a personal capacity and not as a court or a member of a court.
(2) A Federal Magistrate need not accept the power conferred.
(3) A Federal Magistrate exercising a power conferred by section 3ZQO has the same protection and immunity as if he or she were exercising that power as, or as a member of, the court of which the Magistrate is a member.
3ZQR Documents must be produced
(1) A person is not excused from producing a document under section 3ZQN or 3ZQO on the ground that to do so:
(a) would contravene any other law; or
(b) might tend to incriminate the person or otherwise expose the person to a penalty or other liability; or
(c) would disclose material that is protected against disclosure by legal professional privilege or any other duty of confidence; or
(d) would be otherwise contrary to the public interest.
(2) However, neither:
(a) the production of the document; nor
(b) any information, document or thing obtained as a direct or indirect consequence of producing the document;
is admissible in evidence against the person in proceedings other than proceedings for an offence against section 137.1, 137.2 or 149.1 of the Criminal Code that relates to this Act.
(3) A person is not liable to any penalty by reason of his or her producing a document when required to do so under section 3ZQN or 3ZQO.
(4) The fact that a person is not excused under subsection (1) from producing a document does not otherwise affect a claim of legal professional privilege that anyone may make in relation to that document.
3ZQS Offence for failure to comply with notice under section 3ZQN or 3ZQO
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is given a notice under section 3ZQN or 3ZQO; and
(b) the person fails to comply with the notice.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
3ZQT Offence for disclosing existence or nature of notice
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is given a notice under section 3ZQN or 3ZQO; and
(b) the notice specifies that information about the notice must not be disclosed; and
(c) the person discloses the existence or nature of the notice.
Penalty: 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if:
(a) the person discloses the information to another person in order to obtain a document that is required by the notice in order to comply with it, and that other person is directed not to inform the person to whom the document relates about the matter; or
(b) the disclosure is made to obtain legal advice or legal representation in relation to the notice; or
(c) the disclosure is made for the purposes of, or in the course of, legal proceedings.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
Division 4C
Using, sharing and returning things seized and documents produced
Subdivision A
Using and sharing things seized and documents produced
3ZQU Purposes for which things and documents may be used and shared
Use and sharing of thing or document by constable or Commonwealth officer
(1) A constable or Commonwealth officer may use, or make available to another constable or Commonwealth officer to use, a thing seized under this Part, or the original or a copy of a document produced under Division 4B, for the purpose of any or all of the following if it is necessary to do so for that purpose:
(a) preventing, investigating or prosecuting an offence;
(b) proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 or the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002;
(c) proceedings under a corresponding law (within the meaning of either of the Acts mentioned in paragraph (b)) that relate to a State offence that has a federal aspect;
(d) proceedings for the forfeiture of the thing under a law of the Commonwealth;
(e) the performance of a function or duty, or the exercise of a power, by a person, court or other body under, or in relation to a matter arising under, Division 104 or 105 of the Criminal Code;
(f) investigating or resolving a complaint or an allegation of misconduct relating to an exercise of a power or the performance of a function or duty under this Part;
(g) investigating or resolving an AFP conduct or practices issue (within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979) under Part V of that Act;
(h) investigating or resolving a complaint under the Ombudsman Act 1976 or the Privacy Act 1988;
(i) investigating or inquiring into a corruption issue under the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006;
(j) proceedings in relation to a complaint, allegation or issue mentioned in paragraph (f), (g), (h) or (i);
(k) deciding whether to institute proceedings, to make an application or request, or to take any other action, mentioned in any of the preceding paragraphs of this subsection;
(l) the performance of the functions of the Australian Federal Police under section 8 of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979.
(2)