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Misuse of Drugs Act 2001
38HCommissioner of Police to report to Ombudsman
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### 38H Commissioner of Police to report to Ombudsman
> [*\[Section 38H of Part 4 Inserted by No. 7 of 2016, s. 4, Applied:20 May 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-05-20/act-2016-007#GS4@EN)
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> > (1) The Commissioner of Police is to provide to the Ombudsman, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, a report (***an operational report***) containing –
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> > > > (a) the number of authorisations issued during the financial year; and
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> > > > (b) the purposes for which the authorisations were issued; and
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> > > > (c) a summary of the details specified in each report received by the Commissioner of Police under [section 38F(1)](#GS38F@Gs1@EN) .
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> > (2) The summary included, in the report under [subsection (1)](#GS38H@Gs1@EN) , in accordance with [subsection (1)(c)](#GS38H@Gs1@Hpc@EN) is not required to contain any details that may, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Police, compromise the lawful carrying out of the duties of a police officer.