South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts6—Commissioner to report etc to Attorney-General
The Commissioner must give to the Attorney-General—
(a) as
soon as practicable after the issue or revocation of a warrant, a copy of the
warrant or the instrument of revocation; and
(b)
within three months after a warrant ceases to be in force, a written report
of—
(i)
the use made by the police force of information obtained
by interceptions under the warrant; and
(ii)
the communication of that information to persons other
than members of the police force; and
(c) as
soon as practicable (but not later than two months) after each 30 June, such
of the following information relating to the year ending on that 30 June as
can be derived from the records of the police force:
(i)
the relevant statistics about such of the following
applications as were made during that year:
(A) applications for warrants;
(B) telephone applications for warrants;
(C) renewal applications for warrants;
(D) applications for warrants that included
a request that the warrant authorise entry onto premises;
(ii)
how many warrants issued on applications made during that
year specified conditions or restrictions relating to interceptions under the
warrant;
(iii)
the categories of the serious offences specified
(pursuant to section 49 of the Commonwealth Act) in warrants issued on
applications made during that year;
(iv)
how many serious offences in each of those categories
were so specified;
(v)
the average of the respective periods specified in
original warrants issued on applications made during that year as the periods
for which the warrants were to be in force;
(vi)
the average of the respective periods during which those
warrants were actually in force;
(vii)
the average of the respective periods specified in
warrants issued on renewal applications made during that year as the periods
for which the renewals were to be in force;
(viii)
the average of the respective periods during which those
renewals were actually in force;
(ix)
how many warrants issued on final renewal applications
ceased to be in force during that year in each of the following categories:
(A) cessation more than 90 days but not
more than 150 days after the day on which the original warrant was issued;
(B) cessation more than 150 days but not
more than 180 days after the day on which the original warrant was issued;
(C) cessation more than 180 days after the
day on which the original warrant was issued;
(x)
how many arrests were made during that year—
(A) in connection with the performance by
the police force of its functions; and
(B) on the basis of information that was,
or included, lawfully obtained information;
(xi)
where, according to the records of the police force,
lawfully obtained information was given in evidence in proceedings for the
prosecution of prescribed offences and those proceedings ended during that
year—the categories of those prescribed offences;
(xii)
in relation to each of those categories—
(A) the number of offences in the category;
(B) the number of offences in the category
in respect of which convictions were recorded;
(xiia)
the number of occasions on which members of the police force intercepted
communications in reliance on section 7(4) or (5) of the Commonwealth Act;
(xiib)
the total expenditure (including expenditure of a capital nature) incurred by
the police force in connection with the execution of warrants during the year
to which the report relates;
(xiii)
such additional matters (if any) relating to the
police force as are prescribed under the Commonwealth Act.