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Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act 2012
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#### 28U Registrar to secure information
28U Registrar to secure information
> > (1) The registrar of the Court must seal the following documents and store them in a secure place immediately upon their filing—
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> > > (a) a criminal intelligence application or any document filed in support of the application,
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> > > (b) any document containing declared criminal intelligence filed with or in support of a substantive application,
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> > > (c) any informant affidavit.
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> > (2) The [State Records Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-017) does not apply to the documents.
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> > (3) The documents must not be made available for inspection by anyone other than—
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> > > (a) the registrar, or
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> > > (b) the presiding judge or judge’s associate (or a judge hearing an appeal or that judge’s associate), or
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> > > (c) the criminal intelligence monitor, or
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> > > (d) a person conducting a review under Part 4, the Attorney General or a person to whom the Commissioner or the Attorney General authorises disclosure.
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> > (4) However, the criminal intelligence monitor cannot inspect any part of the documents to the extent they disclose any identifying information about an informant.
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> > (5) The registrar may—
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> > > (a) make electronic copies of the documents on a storage device, and
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> > > (b) after the end day for the application—
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> > > > (i) return the documents that have been copied to the Commissioner, and
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> > > > (ii) store the storage device, unconnected to any computer, in a secure place.
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> > (6) This section applies even if the application concerned is withdrawn or dismissed.
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> > (7) This section ceases to apply if the criminal intelligence declaration concerned is revoked.
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> > (8) In this section—
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> > end day, for the application, means—
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> > > (a) if the application ends before it is decided—the day the application ends, or
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> > > (b) if the application is decided—
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> > > > (i) the last day on which an appeal may be made against the decision, or
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> > > > (ii) if an appeal is made against the decision, the day the appeal ends.
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> > storage device does not include a device that is a computer hard drive or other permanent part of a computer.
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> **pt 3B, divs 1–5 (ss 28A–28U):** Ins 2013 No 12, Sch 1 \[9\].