Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 215E

215E Use of body-worn camera by authorised officer or inspector

(1) It is lawful for an authorised officer or inspector to use a body-worn camera to record images or sounds while—

(a) for an authorised officer—the authorised officer is exercising a power under chapter 5 , part 4 ; or

(b) for an inspector—the inspector is exercising a power under chapter 6 , part 2 .

(2) Use of a body-worn camera by an authorised officer or inspector under subsection (1) includes use that is—

(a) inadvertent or unexpected; or

(b) incidental to use while exercising the authorised officer’s or inspector’s power.

(3) Subsection (1) does not affect an ability the authorised officer or inspector has at common law or under another Act to record images or sounds.

(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (1) is a provision authorising the use by an authorised officer or inspector of a listening device, for the purposes of the Invasion of Privacy Act 1971 , section 43 (2) (d) .

(5) In this section—

"body-worn camera" means a device—

(a) worn on clothing or otherwise secured on a person; and

(b) designed to be used to—

(i) record images; or

(ii) record images and sounds.