29Issue of certain warrants by Director‑General in emergency

29 Issue of certain warrants by Director‑General in emergency

(1) Where: (a) the Director‑General has forwarded or made a request to the Attorney‑General for the issue of a warrant under section 25, 25A, 26, 26R, 27 or 27AA; (b) the Attorney‑General has not, to the knowledge of the Director‑General, issued, or refused to issue, a warrant as a result of the request and has not, within the preceding period of 3 months, refused to issue a substantially similar warrant; (c) the Director‑General has not, within the preceding period of 3 months, issued a substantially similar warrant; and (d) the Director‑General is satisfied: (i) that the facts of the case would justify the issue of a warrant by the Attorney‑General; and (ii) that, if the action to be authorized by the warrant does not commence before a warrant can be issued and made available by the Attorney‑General, security will be, or is likely to be, seriously prejudiced; the Director‑General may issue a warrant signed by the Director‑General of the kind that could be issued by the Attorney‑General in pursuance of the request. (2) A warrant under this section shall specify the period for which it is to remain in force, being a period that does not exceed 48 hours, but may be revoked by the Attorney‑General at any time before the expiration of the period so specified. (3) Where the Director‑General issues a warrant under this section, the Director‑General shall forthwith furnish to the Attorney‑General: (a) a copy of the warrant; and (b) a statement of the grounds on which the Director‑General is satisfied as to the matter referred to in subparagraph (1)(d)(ii). (4) The Director‑General must, within 3 working days after issuing a warrant under this section, give a copy of the warrant to the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security.