Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 49

             (1)  A warrant shall be in accordance with the prescribed form and shall be signed by the Judge or nominated AAT member who issues it.

             (2)  A warrant may specify conditions or restrictions relating to interceptions under the warrant.

          (2A)  Without limiting subsection (2), a named person warrant may state that the warrant does not authorise the interception of communications made to or from a specified telecommunications service.

             (3)  A warrant shall specify, as the period for which it is to be in force, a period of:

                     (a)  if subparagraph 46(1)(d)(ii) applies--up to 45 days; or

                     (b)  otherwise--up to 90 days.

             (4)  A Judge or nominated AAT member shall not vary a warrant by extending the period for which it is to be in force.

             (5)  Neither of subsections (3) and (4) prevents the issue of a further warrant in respect of a service, or a person, in respect of which a warrant has, or warrants have, previously been issued.

             (6)  In subsection (5), warrant means a warrant issued under this Act.

             (7)  A warrant shall set out short particulars of each serious offence in relation to which the Judge or nominated AAT member issuing the warrant was satisfied, on the application for the warrant, as mentioned in:

                     (a)  in the case of a warrant under section 48--paragraph 46(1)(d); or

                     (b)  otherwise--paragraph 46(1)(d) or 46A(1)(d), as the case requires.