24BApplication for use of listening device

24B Application for use of listening device

[Section 24B Inserted by No. 4 of 2021, s. 20, Applied:01 Mar 2021]

(1)  A Commission may apply for a warrant under Part 4 of the Listening Devices Act 1991 as if –

(a) the Commission were a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant; and

(b) a reference in that Part to a prescribed offence were read as a reference to the matter of the inquiry being undertaken by the Commission.

(2)  If a magistrate authorizes the use of a listening device, by the Commission, under a warrant under Part 4 of the Listening Devices Act 1991  –

(a) the warrant may specify a person who is, or a class of persons who are, authorised to install and retrieve a listening device under the authority of the warrant; and

(b) that Act applies in respect of the warrant so issued.