Search and Surveillance Act 2012

General provisions in relation to search, surveillance, and inspection powers - Reporting

172: Information to be included in report on surveillance device warrants and declaratory orders

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"What's included in reports about surveillance device warrants and court orders"

When people make reports about surveillance device warrants and declaratory orders, they must include certain information. You need to know what this information is, so you can understand what is happening. The report must say how many applications for surveillance device warrants and declaratory orders were granted or refused.

The report must also say how many surveillance device warrants were granted to use certain devices, and how many of each kind of device were used. You will see numbers for how many times each device was used for a short time, like less than 24 hours, and for longer times, like more than 21 days. The report must include details about declaratory orders, like what kind of device or activity they covered.

The report must tell you how many people were charged in court cases where surveillance devices helped gather evidence. It must also say if any judges reported problems with surveillance device warrants, like if someone used a device without permission, and what those problems were, as explained in section 61 or section 62, and section 48. This information is required by section 170(1)(f) or section 171(1)(e).

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Part 4General provisions in relation to search, surveillance, and inspection powers
Reporting

172Information to be included in report on surveillance device warrants and declaratory orders

  1. The information required to be included in an annual report by section 170(1)(f) or 171(1)(e) is the following:

  2. the number of applications for surveillance device warrants and declaratory orders granted or refused in the period covered by the report:
    1. the number of surveillance device warrants granted in the period covered by the report that authorised the use of a surveillance device, and the number in respect of each kind of surveillance device:
      1. the number of declaratory orders made in the period covered by the report that related to the use of a device, technique, procedure, or activity, and the number in respect of each device, technique, procedure, or activity:
        1. the number of surveillance device warrants granted during the period covered by the report that authorised entry into private premises:
          1. in respect of each kind of surveillance device authorised by a surveillance device warrant issued during the period covered by the report, the numbers of that kind of device used—
            1. for a period of no more than 24 hours:
              1. for a period of more than 24 hours but no more than 3 days:
                1. for a period of more than 3 days but no more than 7 days:
                  1. for a period of more than 7 days but no more than 21 days:
                    1. for a period of more than 21 days but no more than 60 days:
                    2. in respect of each declaratory order made during the period covered by the report, a general description of the nature of the device, technique, procedure, or activity covered by the order:
                      1. the number of persons charged in criminal proceedings where the collection of evidential material relevant to those proceedings was significantly assisted by carrying out activities—
                        1. under the authority of a surveillance device warrant issued in the period covered by the report; or
                          1. covered by a declaratory order made in the period covered by the report:
                          2. if a Judge has reported to the chief executive under section 61 or 62 about a breach of any of the conditions of the issue of a surveillance device warrant, or about the use of a surveillance device not authorised under section 48, the number of those reports and the details of the breaches or the lack of authorisation reported.