Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Crimes (Controlled Operations) Act 2004 - SECT 38

Chief officers' reports

38. Chief officers' reports



(1) As soon as practicable after 31 March and 30 September in each year, the
chief officer of each law enforcement agency must submit a report to the
Special Investigations Monitor in relation to the agency setting out the
details required by subsection (2) in relation to authorised operations
conducted on behalf of the agency during the previous 6 months.

(2) The report must include the following details-

   (a)  the number of formal authorities that have been granted or varied by
        the chief officer, and the number of formal applications for the
        granting or variation of authorities that have been refused by the
        chief officer, during the period to which the report relates; and

   (b)  the number of urgent authorities or urgent variations of authorities
        that have been granted by the chief officer, and the number of urgent
        applications for authorities or urgent variations of authorities that
        have been refused by the chief officer, during the period to which the
        report relates; and

   (c)  the nature of the criminal activities against which the authorised
        operations were directed; and

   (d)  the nature of the controlled conduct engaged in for the purposes of
        the authorised operations; and

   (e)  if any of the authorised operations involved illicit goods, a
        statement (to the extent known) of-

   (i)  the nature and quantity of the illicit goods; and

   (ii) the route through which the illicit goods passed in the course of the
        operations; and

   (f)  details of any loss of or serious damage to property, or any personal
        injuries, occurring in the course of or as a direct result of the
        authorised operations; and

   (g)  the number of authorities cancelled by the chief officer or that have
        expired during the period to which the report relates.

(3) The details referred to in subsection (2) must be classified into
cross-border controlled operations, local major controlled operations and
local minor controlled operations.

(4) The Special Investigations Monitor may require the chief officer to
furnish additional information covering any authorised operation to which a
report relates.

(5) Nothing in subsection (2)(d) or (e) requires particulars of an authorised
operation to be included in a report for a period of 6 months if the operation
had not been completed during that period, but the particulars must instead be
included in the report for the period of 6 months in which the operation is
completed.