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Crime and Corruption Act 2001
sec.131Destruction of records
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### sec.131 Destruction of records
The commission must keep all information obtained under a surveillance warrant and transcripts of recordings or photographs made or taken under the warrant in a secure place.
The commission must ensure any recording made or photograph taken under the surveillance warrant or a transcript or copy made from information obtained under the warrant is destroyed as soon as practicable after it is no longer required.
Subsection (2) does not prevent information or other matter being preserved for any period or indefinitely if, in the chairperson’s opinion, it is relevant to—
any offence of which someone has been convicted if there is a possibility that an issue about the conviction may arise; or
an ongoing investigation.
s 131 prev s 131 om 2005 No. 45 s 67 sch 3
pres s 131 (prev s 146) renum 2005 No. 45 s 67 sch 3
amd 2014 No. 21 s 94 (1) sch 1 ; 2016 No. 19 s 45 (2)
(sec.131-ssec.1) The commission must keep all information obtained under a surveillance warrant and transcripts of recordings or photographs made or taken under the warrant in a secure place.
(sec.131-ssec.2) The commission must ensure any recording made or photograph taken under the surveillance warrant or a transcript or copy made from information obtained under the warrant is destroyed as soon as practicable after it is no longer required.
(sec.131-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not prevent information or other matter being preserved for any period or indefinitely if, in the chairperson’s opinion, it is relevant to— any offence of which someone has been convicted if there is a possibility that an issue about the conviction may arise; or an ongoing investigation.
- (a) any offence of which someone has been convicted if there is a possibility that an issue about the conviction may arise; or
- (b) an ongoing investigation.