Part 2: Lawful interception of communications Chapter 3: Other provisions about interception Section 56: Exclusion of matters from legal proceedings etc.
This section prevents intercepted communications or secondary data being used or disclosed in legal proceedings or an inquiry held under the Inquiries Act 2005. This includes adducing such material in evidence, asking questions about it, disclosing it, or doing anything from which it could be inferred that the material came from interception or which suggests that interception may have occurred.
	The exceptions to this prohibition are set out in Schedule 3.