TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 101 Report to contain particulars about duration of warrants

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 101

  (1)   The report shall set out, for each Commonwealth agency, and for each eligible authority of a State that was an agency at any time during that year:

  (a)   the average of the respective periods specified, in the Part   2 - 5 warrants that are original warrants and were issued on applications made by the agency or authority during that year, as the periods for which the warrants were to be in force; and

  (b)   the average of the respective periods during which the warrants referred to in paragraph   (a) were in force; and

  (c)   the average of the respective periods specified, in the Part   2 - 5 warrants that are renewals of other warrants and were issued on applications made by the agency or authority during that year, as the periods for which the renewals were to remain in force; and

  (d)   the average of the respective periods during which the warrants first referred to in paragraph   (c) were in force; and

  (da)   in relation to periods of a kind referred to in paragraph   (a), (b), (c) or (d), the averages of the periods of that kind that relate to warrants in relation to which subparagraph   46(1)(d)(ii) applied; and

  (e)   how many 90 day final renewals, how many 150 day final renewals, and how many 180 day final renewals, being warrants issued to the agency or authority, ceased during that year to be in force.

  (2)   The report shall set out:

  (a)   the average of the respective periods specified, in Part   2 - 5 warrants that are original warrants and were issued on applications made during the year, as the periods for which the warrants were to be in force; and

  (b)   the average of the respective periods during which the warrants referred to in paragraph   (a) were in force; and

  (c)   the average of the respective periods specified, in the Part   2 - 5 warrants that are renewals of other warrants and were issued on applications made during that year, as the periods for which the renewals were to remain in force; and

  (d)   the average of the respective periods during which the warrants first referred to in paragraph   (c) were in force; and

  (da)   in relation to periods of a kind referred to in paragraph   (a), (b), (c) or (d), the averages of the periods of that kind that relate to warrants in relation to which subparagraph   46(1)(d)(ii) applied; and

  (e)   how many 90 day final renewals, how many 150 day final renewals, and how many 180 day final renewals, ceased during that year to be in force.

  (3)   A reference in subsection   (1) or (2) to a 90 day final renewal, to a 150 day final renewal or to a 180 day final renewal is a reference to a warrant:

  (a)   that is the last renewal of an original warrant; and

  (b)   that ceased to be in force:

  (i)   more than 90 days but not more than 150 days;

  (ii)   more than 150 days but not more than 180 days; or

  (iii)   more than 180 days;

    as the case may be, after the day of issue of that original warrant.