If you look at the law about telephone calls being monitored, you will see a part called 'Destruction of recordings'. This part is section 120 of the Corrections Act 2004. You should know that section 120 was repealed, which means it is no longer a law, on 1 October 2024, by section 35 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2024.

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119: Application of Privacy Act 2020, or

"How the Privacy Act 2020 works with the Corrections Act 2004"

121: Notice to be given of intention to produce evidence of recording, or

"Telling others you plan to use a recording as evidence"

Part 2Corrections system
Coercive powers: Telephone calls may be monitored

120Destruction of recordings (Repealed)

Notes

Section 120: repealed, on 1 October 2024, by section 35 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 41).

Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Coercive powers - Telephone calls may be monitored

120: Destruction of recordings

"What happens to recordings of monitored phone calls"

Part 2Corrections systemCoercive powers: Telephone calls may be monitored

120Destruction of recordings (Repealed)

Part 2Corrections system
Coercive powers: Telephone calls may be monitored