POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 321 Purposes of ch 13

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 321

321 Purposes of ch 13

The main purposes of this chapter are—

(a) to establish procedures for law enforcement officers to obtain warrants or emergency authorisations for the installation, use, maintenance and retrieval of surveillance devices in criminal investigations, including criminal investigations extending beyond this jurisdiction; and

(b) to enable senior officers of the police service to authorise the installation, use, maintenance and retrieval of tracking devices in this jurisdiction in circumstances in which taking a person into custody may pose a serious risk to the safety of the person or another person; and

(c) to enable warrants to be obtained for the retrieval of surveillance devices installed under a tracking device authorisation or the Public Safety Preservation Act 1986 ; and

(d) to recognise warrants and emergency authorisations issued in other jurisdictions; and

(e) to restrict the use, communication and publication of information obtained through the use of surveillance devices or otherwise connected with surveillance device operations; and

(f) to impose requirements for the secure storage and destruction of records, and the making of reports to judges, magistrates and Parliament, in connection with surveillance device operations.