[TheList] Music over the Police/Fire channel

Mon Jul 19 13:21:57 AEST 2010

Is this article about the same incident?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3930666/Country-music-makes-waves-on-police-radio

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Scanhead <scanhead at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can you post a link to this legislation? I can't find it online but I may
> be
> looking in the wrong place.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz
> [mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz] On Behalf Of Steve Austin
> Sent: Sunday, 30 May 2010 10:06 p.m.
> To: Dick Thomas
> Cc: thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
> Subject: Re: [TheList] Music over the Police/Fire channel
>
> Hi Dick,
>
> Yes you hit the nail on the head It takes "noise makers" to bring this
> to the attention of others to get the beaurocrats off their behinds.
>
> They havent forgotten to change that legislation to address scanner
> listening either. It black and white in the NZ Statutes 2009.
> You remember the old listening to and acting on stuff...........It has
> effectively gone as well. Replaced with specific wording to protect the
> new radio system and future systems which we know are currently
> difficult to decode but if you are suspected of actively decoding radio
> signals (i.e paging or encrypted radio transmissions) it is now an
> offence under the sweeping surveillance laws under the counter terrorism
> act brought in before Xmas last year. Maximum punishable sentence is
> prison.
> Not many realised the major change to NZ law in regard to surveillance
> on you and I as well. A box in every ISP to directly "sniff/Filter" your
> IP and Telephone cell or landline activities and they do not require a
> signed search warrant anymore.
> I remember It quietly came into force on the last during the 2009 Xmas
> holidays when everyone was heading away to holiday with other things on
> their minds.
>
>
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