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]
(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 –
(a) the number of authorisations issued during the financial year; and
(b) the purposes for which the authorisations were issued; and
(c) a summary of the details specified in each report received by the Commissioner of Police under section 38F(1) .
(2) The summary included, in the report under subsection (1) , in accordance with subsection (1)(c) 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.