sec.154Restriction about records and access to covert search warrant applications

### sec.154 Restriction about records and access to covert search warrant applications Despite the Recording of Evidence Act 1962 , a transcript of an application for a covert search warrant or an extension of a covert search warrant and any order made on the application must not be made. A person must not publish a report of a proceeding on an application for a covert search warrant or an extension of a covert search warrant. Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. A person is not entitled to search information in the custody of the Supreme Court in relation to an application for a covert search warrant, unless a Supreme Court judge otherwise orders in the interests of justice. Nothing in this section prevents a person who was present at a proceeding on an application for a covert search warrant or an extension of a covert search warrant from giving oral evidence to a court about things that happened at the proceeding. (sec.154-ssec.1) Despite the Recording of Evidence Act 1962 , a transcript of an application for a covert search warrant or an extension of a covert search warrant and any order made on the application must not be made. (sec.154-ssec.2) A person must not publish a report of a proceeding on an application for a covert search warrant or an extension of a covert search warrant. Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.154-ssec.3) A person is not entitled to search information in the custody of the Supreme Court in relation to an application for a covert search warrant, unless a Supreme Court judge otherwise orders in the interests of justice. (sec.154-ssec.4) Nothing in this section prevents a person who was present at a proceeding on an application for a covert search warrant or an extension of a covert search warrant from giving oral evidence to a court about things that happened at the proceeding.