LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 80B General matters for applications for DECCD access orders

LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 80B

80B General matters for applications for DECCD access orders

A police officer may apply to a Magistrate for a DECCD access order if the police officer--

(a) has reasonable grounds to suspect the person specified in the order is--

(i) in possession of a device suspected of being a dedicated encrypted criminal communication device, and

(ii) committing a DECCD offence, and

(b) considers the making of the DECCD access order will assist law enforcement in determining whether the device is a dedicated encrypted criminal communication device.