New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TERRORISM (POLICE POWERS) ACT 2002 - SECT 27ZC

27ZC Monitoring by Ombudsman

(1) The Ombudsman is to keep under scrutiny the exercise of powers conferred on members of the NSW Police Force, the Crime Commissioner and members of staff of the New South Wales Crime Commission by this Part.

(2) For that purpose, the Ombudsman may require the Commissioner of Police, the Crime Commissioner or the Director-General of the Attorney General’s Department to provide information about the exercise of those powers.

(3) The Ombudsman must, every three years, prepare a report on the exercise of those powers and furnish a copy of the report to the Attorney General and the Minister for Police.

(4) The Attorney General is to lay (or cause to be laid) a copy of the report before both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after the Attorney General receives the report.

(5) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Attorney General seeks to lay a report before it, the Attorney General may present copies of the report to the Clerk of the House concerned.

(6) The report:

(a) is, on presentation and for all purposes, taken to have been laid before the House, and

(b) may be printed by authority of the Clerk of the House, and

(c) if so printed, is for all purposes taken to be a document published by or under the authority of the House, and

(d) is to be recorded:

(i) in the case of the Legislative Council, in the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council, and

(ii) in the case of the Legislative Assembly, in the Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly,

on the first sitting day of the House after receipt of the report by the Clerk.

(7) The report is to be included with the report prepared by the Ombudsman under section 26ZO so long as the requirements of this section are complied with in relation to the report prepared under this section.

(8) The first report under this section after the commencement of the Terrorism (Police Powers) Amendment Act 2010 is to be prepared at the same time as the next report under section 26ZO is to be prepared.