17Commencement and duration of dedicated encrypted criminal communication device prohibition order

17 Commencement and duration of dedicated encrypted criminal communication device prohibition order

17 Commencement and duration of dedicated encrypted criminal communication device prohibition order

(1) A dedicated encrypted criminal communication device prohibition order commences when it is made.

(2) No power may be exercised under a dedicated encrypted criminal communication device prohibition order before a copy of the order has been served—

(a) personally on the subject of the order, or

(b) in accordance with section 18.

(3) A dedicated encrypted criminal communication device prohibition order remains in force until the earlier of the following—

(a) the end of the period specified by the authorised judge as the period for the order,

(b) the end of the period specified by a judge deciding an application for revocation of the order,

(c) the order is revoked.

(4) For subsection (3)(a), the period must not be—

(a) less than 6 months, or

(b) more than 2 years.

(5) The Commissioner of Police must ensure a record is kept of the date on which a dedicated encrypted criminal communication device prohibition order is served on the subject of the order.