Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION) NORTHERN TERRITORY ACT - SECT 5

(1) The Commissioner must cause the following information to be recorded as soon as practicable after the event to which it relates occurs:

(a) particulars of each telephone application for a warrant made on behalf of the Police Force;

(b) in relation to each application for a warrant made on behalf of the Police Force, a statement as to whether -

(i) the application was withdrawn or refused; or

(ii) a warrant was issued on the application;

(c) in relation to each warrant whose authority is exercised by the Police Force, particulars of -

(i) the warrant;

(ii) the day on which, and the time at which, each interception under the warrant began;

(iii) the duration of each such interception;

(iv) the name of the person who carried out each such interception; and

(v) in relation to a named person warrant - each service to or from which communications have been intercepted under the warrant;

(d) in relation to each restricted record that has at any time been in the possession of the Police Force, particulars of -

(i) if the record was obtained by an interception under a warrant - that warrant;

(ii) each occasion on which the record came (whether by its making or otherwise) to be in the possession of the Police Force;

(iii) each occasion (if any) on which the record ceased (whether by its destruction or otherwise) to be in the possession of the Police Force; and

(iv) each agency, body or other person (if any) from whom the Police Force received the record or to whom the Police Force supplied the record;

(e) particulars of each use made by the Police Force of lawfully obtained information;

(f) particulars of each communication of lawfully obtained information by a member of the Police Force to a person or body other than another member of the Police Force;

(g) particulars of each occasion on which, to the knowledge of a member of the Police Force, lawfully obtained information was given in evidence in a relevant proceeding in relation to the Police Force.

(2) The Commissioner must keep as records of the Police Force the information recorded under subsection (1).