New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT (CONTROLLED OPERATIONS) ACT 1997 - SECT 20J

20J Register relating to cross-border controlled operations

(1) The chief executive officer of a law enforcement agency must cause a register relating to cross-border controlled operations to be kept.

(2) The register is to specify the following:

(a) for each application (including an application for a variation of authority) made under this Act in respect of a cross-border controlled operation:

(i) the date of the application, and

(ii) whether the application was formal or urgent, and

(iii) whether the application was granted, refused or withdrawn, and

(iv) if the application was refused or withdrawn-the date and time of the refusal or withdrawal,

(b) for each authority granted to a law enforcement officer of the agency in respect of a cross-border controlled operation:

(i) the date and time the authority was granted, and

(ii) whether the authority was formal or urgent, and

(iii) the name and rank or position of the chief executive officer, and

(iv) each relevant offence in respect of which controlled conduct under the authority was to be engaged in, and

(v) the period of validity of the authority, and

(vi) if the authority was cancelled, the date and time of the cancellation, and

(vii) the date and time the authorised operation began and the date of completion of the operation, and

(viii) the date on which the principal law enforcement officer for the operation made a report under section 15, and

(ix) if the authorised operation involved illicit goods, to the extent known:

(A) the nature and quantity of the illicit goods, and

(B) the route through which the illicit goods passed in the course of the operation, and

(x) details of any loss of, or serious damage to, property or any personal injuries, occurring in the course of, or as a direct result of, the operation,

(c) for each variation of authority:

(i) the date and time the variation was made, and

(ii) whether the variation was formal or urgent, and

(iii) the name and rank or position of the chief executive officer who made the variation.