76ABGeneral matters for applications for digital evidence access orders

76AB General matters for applications for digital evidence access orders

76AB General matters for applications for digital evidence access orders

(1) An eligible applicant may apply for a digital evidence access order, in connection with the following warrants, for authority for an executing officer to issue a direction mentioned in section 76AM(1) in relation to a computer that may be found, or has been found, in the execution of the warrant—

(a) a search warrant,

(b) a crime scene warrant.

(2) An application for a digital evidence access order is made in connection with a search warrant or crime scene warrant if the application is made—

(a) at the same time as the application for the warrant, or

(b) after the warrant has been issued, whether before or after the warrant is executed.

s 76AB: Ins 2022 No 47, Sch 1[5]. Am 2023 No 13, sec 3(3); 2024 No 3, Sch 7[4].