(1) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after 31
December in each year, prepare a report in respect of operations pursuant to
covert surveillance authorities during the year and table the report, or cause
it to be tabled, in both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after it
is prepared.
(1A) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Minister
seeks to lay the report before it, the Minister is to cause a copy of the
report to be presented to the Clerk of that House of Parliament.
(1B) A
report presented under subsection (1A):
(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 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 copy of
the report by the Clerk.
(2) A report under this section:
(a) must include
details of the number of covert surveillance authorities sought, and the
number of such authorities issued (together with a breakdown of the kinds of
surveillance to which those issued authorities related), during the year to
which the report relates, and
(b) may report on such other matters relating
to covert surveillance authorities and the use of covert surveillance as the
Minister considers appropriate.
