Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Surveillance Devices Act 1999 - SECT 30O

Register of warrants and emergency authorisations

30O. Register of warrants and emergency authorisations



(1) The chief officer of a law enforcement agency must cause a register of
warrants and emergency authorisations to be kept.

(2) The register is to specify, for each warrant issued to a law enforcement
officer of the agency-

   (a)  the date of issue of the warrant; and

   (b)  the name of the judge or magistrate who issued the warrant; and

   (c)  the name of the law enforcement officer named in the warrant as the
        person primarily responsible for executing it; and

   (d)  the offence in relation to which the warrant was issued; and

   (e)  the period during which the warrant is in force; and

   (f)  details of any variation or extension of the warrant.

(3) The register is to specify, for each emergency authorisation given to a
law enforcement officer of the agency-

   (a)  the date the emergency authorisation was given; and

   (b)  the name of the senior officer who gave the emergency authorisation;
        and

   (c)  the name of the law enforcement officer to whom the emergency
        authorisation was given; and

   (d)  the offence in relation to which the emergency authorisation was
        given; and

   (e)  the date on which the application for approval of powers exercised
        under the emergency authorisation was made.

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