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Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Enforcement officers' powers and orders - Preservation directions - Annual reporting

79Y: Annual reporting by Commissioner

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"The Commissioner's Annual Report: What They Must Include"

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The Commissioner has to include some information in their annual report. This report is prepared for the purposes of section 43 of the Public Finance Act 1989. You will see details about reviews that were completed during the reporting period, such as how many were affirmed, amended, or revoked. The Commissioner also has to report on the number of reviews that were not completed because the preservation directions were revoked under section 79I(2). They must include the number of preservation directions that expired or were revoked during the reporting period. You will see the number of preservation directions that expired without an application for a production order being made, and the number that were revoked when an application was granted or refused.

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Part 3Enforcement officers' powers and orders
Preservation directions: Annual reporting

79YAnnual reporting by Commissioner

  1. The Commissioner must include in every annual report that the Commissioner prepares for the purposes of section 43 of the Public Finance Act 1989—

    Reviews

  2. the following information about reviews under this subpart that were completed in the reporting period:
    1. the number in which the reviewer affirmed the relevant direction:
      1. the number in which the reviewer amended the relevant direction:
        1. the number in which the reviewer revoked the relevant direction; and
        2. the number of reviews under this subpart that were not completed because the relevant preservation directions were revoked under section 79I(2) in the reporting period; and

            1. Expiry or revocation of preservation directions

          1. the number of preservation directions that expired during the reporting period without a related application for a production order having been made to obtain any or all of the documents (the relevant documents) described in those directions; and
            1. the number of preservation directions that were revoked during the reporting period when a related application for a production order to obtain any or all of the relevant documents was granted; and
              1. the number of preservation directions that were revoked during the reporting period when a related application for a production order to obtain any or all of the relevant documents was refused.

                1. In this section, reporting period, for an annual report, means the period covered by the report.

                2. In this section, an application for a production order is related to a preservation direction (and is a related application) if the application and preservation direction relate to the same investigation.

                Notes
                • Section 79Y: inserted, on , by section 19 of the Budapest Convention and Related Matters Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 39).