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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.”
You could also call this:

“Rules about using secret recordings as proof in court”

This part of the law used to talk about when you could use certain types of private conversations as evidence. However, this rule doesn’t exist anymore. It was removed from the Crimes Act 1961 on 18 April 2012. The rule that replaced it is now in a different law called the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

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or “This rule used to protect certain information from being used in court, but it no longer applies.”
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Part 11A Obtaining evidence by interception devices
General provisions

312NRestriction on admissibility of evidence of private communications lawfully intercepted (Repealed)

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    • Section 312N: repealed, on , by section 325(9) of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (2012 No 24).