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Crime and Corruption Act 2001
sec.129Restriction about records and access to surveillance warrant applications etc.
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### sec.129 Restriction about records and access to surveillance warrant applications etc.
This section applies to the following ( relevant proceeding )—
an application to a Supreme Court judge for—
a surveillance warrant; or
the extension of a surveillance warrant;
an order made under an application mentioned in paragraph (a) .
Despite the Recording of Evidence Act 1962 , a transcript of a relevant proceeding must not be made.
Also, no record of the application or of any order made in a relevant proceeding is to be available for search by any person, except by direction of a Supreme Court judge.
A person must not publish a report of a relevant proceeding.
Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.
A person is not entitled to search information in the custody of a court in relation to a relevant proceeding, unless a Supreme Court judge otherwise orders in the interests of justice.
Nothing in this section prevents a person who was present at a relevant proceeding from giving oral evidence to a court about things that happened at the proceeding.
s 129 prev s 129 om 2005 No. 45 s 67 sch 3
pres s 129 (prev s 144) amd 2005 No. 45 s 67 sch 3
renum 2005 No. 45 s 67 sch 3
(sec.129-ssec.1) This section applies to the following ( relevant proceeding )— an application to a Supreme Court judge for— a surveillance warrant; or the extension of a surveillance warrant; an order made under an application mentioned in paragraph (a) .
(sec.129-ssec.2) Despite the Recording of Evidence Act 1962 , a transcript of a relevant proceeding must not be made.
(sec.129-ssec.3) Also, no record of the application or of any order made in a relevant proceeding is to be available for search by any person, except by direction of a Supreme Court judge.
(sec.129-ssec.4) A person must not publish a report of a relevant proceeding. Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.
(sec.129-ssec.5) A person is not entitled to search information in the custody of a court in relation to a relevant proceeding, unless a Supreme Court judge otherwise orders in the interests of justice.
(sec.129-ssec.6) Nothing in this section prevents a person who was present at a relevant proceeding from giving oral evidence to a court about things that happened at the proceeding.
- (a) an application to a Supreme Court judge for— (i) a surveillance warrant; or (ii) the extension of a surveillance warrant;
- (i) a surveillance warrant; or
- (ii) the extension of a surveillance warrant;
- (b) an order made under an application mentioned in paragraph (a) .
- (i) a surveillance warrant; or
- (ii) the extension of a surveillance warrant;