CRIMES (CRIMINAL ORGANISATIONS CONTROL) ACT 2012 - SECT 28U
Registrar to secure information
CRIMES (CRIMINAL ORGANISATIONS CONTROL) ACT 2012 - SECT 28U
Registrar to secure information
28U Registrar to secure information
(1) The registrar of the Court must seal the following documents and store
them in a secure place immediately upon their filing: (a) a
criminal intelligence application or any document filed in support of the
application, (b) any document containing declared criminal intelligence filed
with or in support of a substantive application, (c) any informant affidavit.
(2) The State Records Act 1998 does not apply to the documents. (3) The
documents must not be made available for inspection by anyone other than: (a)
the registrar, or (b) the presiding judge or judge's associate (or a judge
hearing an appeal or that judge's associate), or (c) the
criminal intelligence monitor, or (d) a person conducting a review under Part
4, the Attorney General or a person to whom the Commissioner or the Attorney
General authorises disclosure. (4) However, the criminal intelligence monitor
cannot inspect any part of the documents to the extent they disclose any
identifying information about an informant. (5) The registrar may: (a) make
electronic copies of the documents on a storage device , and (b) after the
end day for the application: (i) return the documents that have been copied to
the Commissioner , and (ii) store the storage device , unconnected to any
computer, in a secure place. (6) This section applies even if the application
concerned is withdrawn or dismissed. (7) This section ceases to apply if the
criminal intelligence declaration concerned is revoked. (8) In this section:
"end day" , for the application, means: (a) if the application ends before it
is decided--the day the application ends, or (b) if the application is
decided: (i) the last day on which an appeal may be made against the decision,
or (ii) if an appeal is made against the decision, the day the appeal ends.
"storage device" does not include a device that is a computer hard drive or
other permanent part of a computer.
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