Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts7. (1) A person shall not possess a record of a private conversation knowing that it has been obtained, directly or indirectly, by the use of a listening device in contravention of section 4.
Penalty: $20,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply where the record is in the possession of the person—
(a) in connection with proceedings for an offence against this Act;
(b) with the consent of each principal party to the conversation; or
(c) as a consequence of a communication or publication of the record to that person in circumstances that do not constitute an offence against this Act.