New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT (CONTROLLED OPERATIONS) ACT 1997 - SECT 23

23 Annual reports by Ombudsman

(1) The Ombudsman must, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, prepare a report of the Ombudsman’s work and activities under this Act for the preceding 12 months and furnish the report to the Presiding Officer of each House of Parliament.

(2) The report must include, for each law enforcement agency, the following particulars:

(a) the number of formal authorities that have been granted or varied by the chief executive officer of that agency, and the number of formal applications for the granting or variation of authorities that have been refused by the chief executive officer of that agency, during the period to which the report relates,

(a1) the number of urgent authorities or urgent variations of authorities that have been granted by the chief executive officer of that agency, and the number of urgent applications for authorities or urgent variations of authorities that have been refused by the chief executive officer of that agency, during the period to which the report relates,

(b) the nature of the criminal activity or corrupt conduct against which the controlled operations conducted under those authorities were directed,

(c) the number of law enforcement participants, and the number of civilian participants, involved in the controlled operations conducted under those authorities,

(d) the nature of the controlled activities engaged in for the purposes of the controlled operations conducted under those authorities,

(e) the number of law enforcement participants, and the number of civilian participants, who have engaged in controlled activities for the purposes of the controlled operations conducted under those authorities.

(3) Nothing in this section requires particulars of an authorised operation to be included in a report for a year if the operation had not been completed as at 30 June in that year, but the particulars must instead be included in the report for the year in which the operation is completed.