sec.150Consideration of application

### sec.150 Consideration of application Before deciding the application, the judge must, in particular, and being mindful of the highly intrusive nature of the exercise of power under a covert search warrant, consider the following— the nature and seriousness of the major crime being investigated; the extent to which issuing the warrant would help prevent, detect, or provide evidence of the commission of, the major crime; the benefits derived from any previous covert search warrants, search warrants or surveillance warrants in relation to the relevant person or place; the extent to which commission officers investigating the matter have used or can use conventional ways of investigation; how much the use of conventional ways of investigation would be likely to help in the investigation of the matter; how much the use of conventional ways of investigation would prejudice the investigation of the matter; any submissions made by a monitor. - (a) the nature and seriousness of the major crime being investigated; - (b) the extent to which issuing the warrant would help prevent, detect, or provide evidence of the commission of, the major crime; - (c) the benefits derived from any previous covert search warrants, search warrants or surveillance warrants in relation to the relevant person or place; - (d) the extent to which commission officers investigating the matter have used or can use conventional ways of investigation; - (e) how much the use of conventional ways of investigation would be likely to help in the investigation of the matter; - (f) how much the use of conventional ways of investigation would prejudice the investigation of the matter; - (g) any submissions made by a monitor.