[TheList] Encrypted radio

Mon Oct 22 19:49:54 AEDT 2012

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 6:58 PM, No Name <kino_flo at yahoo.com> wrote:

I realise it's illegal (and virtually impossible/impracticable) to decrypt
an encrypted Police transmission

-----Original Message-----
From: TheList [mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz] On Behalf Of Daniel
Richards
Sent: Monday, 22 October 2012 7:40 p.m.

Where does it say it's actually illegal?

Crimes Act 1961, section 216B
Prohibition on use of interception devices
(1 )  Subject to subsections (2) to (5), every one is liable to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 2 years who intentionally intercepts any private
communication by means of an interception device.

intercept, in relation to a private communication, includes hear, listen to,
record, monitor, acquire, or receive the communication either-
(a)while it is taking place; or
(b)while it is in transit

interception device-
means any electronic, mechanical, electromagnetic, optical, or
electro-optical instrument, apparatus, equipment, or other device that is
used or is capable of being used to intercept a private communication

private communication-
means a communication (whether in oral or written form or otherwise) made
under circumstances that may reasonably be taken to indicate that any party
to the communication desires it to be confined to the parties to the
communication;

Andy