New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

LISTENING DEVICES ACT 1984 - SECT 19

19 Reports

(1) A person to whom a warrant has been granted under this Part authorising the use of a listening device shall, within the time specified therefor in the warrant, furnish a report, in writing, to an eligible Judge and to the Attorney General:

(a) stating whether or not a listening device was used pursuant to the warrant, and

(b) if a listening device was so used:

(i) specifying the name, if known, of any person whose private conversation was recorded or listened to by the use of the device,

(ii) specifying the period during which the device was used,

(iii) containing particulars of any premises on which the device was installed or any place at which the device was used,

(iv) containing particulars of the general use made or to be made of any evidence or information obtained by the use of the device, and

(v) containing particulars of any previous use of a listening device in connection with the prescribed offence in respect of which the warrant was granted.

(2) Where a report is given to an eligible Judge under subsection (1), an eligible Judge may direct that any record of evidence or information obtained by the use of the listening device to which the report relates be brought into the Court, and a person to whom any such direction is given shall comply with the direction.

(3) A record brought into the Court pursuant to subsection (2) shall be kept in the custody of the Court and may, by order of the Court, be made available to any person.

(4) The person on whose application an order has been made under section 16A must, within the time specified for the purpose in the order, furnish a report, in writing, to an eligible Judge and to the Attorney General:

(a) stating whether or not the listening device concerned was retrieved during the currency of the order, and

(b) if the listening device was not so retrieved, giving the reasons why it was not retrieved.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units or imprisonment for a term of 12 months, or both.