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312K: Prohibition on disclosure of private communications lawfully intercepted
or “You're not allowed to share private messages that were listened to legally.”
You could also call this:

“Tell people you want to use a private talk as proof”

This part of the law used to explain what you needed to do if you wanted to show evidence of a private conversation in court. However, this section was removed from the law on 18 April 2012. The rules about using private conversations as evidence are now covered in a different law called the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

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Next up: 312M: Inadmissibility of evidence of private communications unlawfully intercepted

or “You can't use secretly recorded private conversations as proof in court if they were recorded illegally.”
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Part 11A Obtaining evidence by interception devices
General provisions

312LNotice to be given of intention to produce evidence of private communication

    Notes
    • Section 312L: repealed, on , by section 325(9) of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (2012 No 24).