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POLICE POWERS (SURVEILLANCE DEVICES) ACT 2006

- Act 22 of 2006 - Royal Assent 18 December 2006

Table of Provisions

Long Title

PART 1 - Preliminary

  • 1 Short title
  • 2 Commencement
  • 3 Interpretation
  • 4 Meaning of "reckless"
  • 5 Relationship to other laws and matters
  • 6 Act binds Crown

PART 2 - Warrants Division 1 - Introduction

  • 7 Types of warrant
  • 8 Who may issue warrants?

Division 2 - Surveillance device warrants

  • 9 Application for surveillance device warrant
  • 10 Remote application
  • 11 Determining the application
  • 12 What must a surveillance device warrant contain?
  • 13 What a surveillance device warrant authorises
  • 14 Extension and variation of surveillance device warrant
  • 15 Revocation of surveillance device warrant
  • 16 Discontinuance of use of surveillance device under warrant

Division 3 - Retrieval warrants

  • 17 Application for retrieval warrant
  • 18 Remote application
  • 19 Determining the application
  • 20 What must a retrieval warrant contain?
  • 21 What a retrieval warrant authorises
  • 22 Revocation of retrieval warrant

PART 3 - Emergency Authorisations

  • 23 Emergency authorisation – risk of serious personal
  • violence or substantial property damage
  • 24 Emergency authorisation – continued use of authorised surveillance
  • device in participating jurisdiction
  • 25 Application for approval after use of surveillance device under
  • emergency authorisation
  • 26 Consideration of application
  • 27 Approval of emergency use of powers
  • 28 Admissibility of evidence
  • 29 Report to Supreme Court or magistrate

PART 4 - Recognition of Corresponding Warrants and Emergency

Authorisations
  • 30 Corresponding warrants
  • 31 Corresponding emergency authorisations

PART 5 - Compliance and Monitoring Division 1 - Restrictions on

use, communication and publication of information
  • 32 Interpretation
  • 33 Prohibition on communication or publication of protected information
  • 34 Dealing with records obtained by use of surveillance devices
  • 35 Protection of surveillance device technologies and methods
  • 36 Protected information in custody of court

Division 2 - Reporting and record-keeping

  • 37 Keeping documents connected with warrants and emergency authorisations
  • 38 Other records to be kept
  • 39 Register of warrants and emergency authorisations

Division 3 - Inspections

  • 40 Appointment of inspection entity
  • 41 Inspection of records by inspection entity
  • 42 Report on inspection

Division 4 - General

  • 43 Evidentiary certificates

PART 6 - General

  • 44 Annual reports
  • 44A Use of personal cameras, &c.
  • 45 Regulations
  • 45A Validation of certain actions
  • 46 Administration of Act
  • 47 Section 47
  • SCHEDULE 1

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