New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TERRORISM (POLICE POWERS) ACT 2002 - SECT 36

36 Review of Act

(1) The Minister is to review this Act to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the Act remain appropriate for securing those objectives.

(1A) For the purpose of the review, the Minister may require the Commissioner of Police or the Commissioner for the New South Wales Crime Commission to provide information about the exercise of functions in respect of covert search warrants under this Act by members of the NSW Police Force, members of the Crime Commission or members of staff of the Crime Commission.

(1B) For the purposes of the review, the Minister may require the Commissioner of Police to provide information about the exercise of functions under Part 2A by police officers.

(2) The review is to be undertaken, every 3 years, as soon as possible after the reports of the Ombudsman under sections 26ZO and 27ZC have been tabled in each House of Parliament.

(3) A report on the outcome of the review is to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 12 months after the end of each period referred to in subsection (2).