Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police powers - Examination orders - Examination order reports

43: Examination order reports

You could also call this:

"Reports after a court-ordered examination to find evidence"

When you are given an examination order, the person in charge of the examination must write a report. They have to give this report to the Judge who made the order within one month after the examination is finished. If the Judge is not available, the report goes to another Judge in the same court. The report must say if the examination helped get evidence. It must also say if any criminal charges have been laid or are being thought about because of the evidence found. The report must include any other information that the order says is required.

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42: Other provisions that apply to examination orders, or

"Rules that also apply when you get an examination order"

44: Common law defence of necessity for people other than constables not affected by this Part, or

"This law doesn't change a special defence called 'necessity' for people who aren't police officers."

Part 2Police powers
Examination orders: Examination order reports

43Examination order reports

The Commissioner or the delegate of the Commissioner, as the case may be, who conducts an examination authorised by an examination order must provide an examination order report within 1 month after the completion of the examination conducted under the order, as specified in the order, to the Judge who made the order, or, if that Judge is unable to act, to a Judge of the same court as the Judge who made the order.
The examination order report must contain the following information:
whether the examination resulted in obtaining evidential material:
whether any criminal proceedings have been brought or are under consideration as a result of evidential material obtained by means of the examination:
any other information stated in the order as being required for inclusion in the examination order report.