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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.268Chief executive officers’ reports
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### sec.268 Chief executive officers’ reports
As soon as practicable after 31 March and 30 September in each year, the chief executive officer of each law enforcement agency must give a report to the report entity for the agency stating the details required by subsection (2) for authorised operations conducted on behalf of the agency during the preceding 6 months.
The report must include the following details—
the number of formal authorities that have been granted or varied by the chief executive officer, and the number of formal applications for the granting or variation of authorities that have been refused by the chief executive officer, during the period of the report;
the number of urgent authorities or urgent variations of authorities that have been granted by the chief executive officer, and the number of urgent applications for authorities or urgent variations of authorities that have been refused by the chief executive officer, during the period of the report;
the nature of the criminal activities against which the authorised operations were directed;
the nature of the controlled conduct engaged in for the purposes of the authorised operations;
if any of the authorised operations involved illicit goods, a statement, to the extent known, of—
the nature and quantity of the illicit goods; and
the route through which the illicit goods passed in the course of the operations;
details of any loss of or serious damage to property, or any personal injuries, happening in the course of or as a direct result of the authorised operations;
details of any opportunity taken to obtain evidence to which section 258 (2) (c) applies;
the number of authorities cancelled by the chief executive officer or that have expired during the period to which the report relates.
The details mentioned in subsection (2) must be classified into controlled operations conducted in this jurisdiction or conducted in this jurisdiction and a participating jurisdiction.
The report entity may require the chief executive officer to give additional information about any authorised operation to which a report relates.
Subsection (2) (d) or (e) does not require particulars of an authorised operation to be included in a report for a period of 6 months if the operation had not ended during that period.
However, the particulars must instead be included in the report for the period of 6 months in which the operation ends.
s 268 ins 2000 No. 22 s 8
sub 2005 No. 45 s 12
amd 2026 No. 4 s 119 sch 1
(sec.268-ssec.1) As soon as practicable after 31 March and 30 September in each year, the chief executive officer of each law enforcement agency must give a report to the report entity for the agency stating the details required by subsection (2) for authorised operations conducted on behalf of the agency during the preceding 6 months.
(sec.268-ssec.2) The report must include the following details— the number of formal authorities that have been granted or varied by the chief executive officer, and the number of formal applications for the granting or variation of authorities that have been refused by the chief executive officer, during the period of the report; the number of urgent authorities or urgent variations of authorities that have been granted by the chief executive officer, and the number of urgent applications for authorities or urgent variations of authorities that have been refused by the chief executive officer, during the period of the report; the nature of the criminal activities against which the authorised operations were directed; the nature of the controlled conduct engaged in for the purposes of the authorised operations; if any of the authorised operations involved illicit goods, a statement, to the extent known, of— the nature and quantity of the illicit goods; and the route through which the illicit goods passed in the course of the operations; details of any loss of or serious damage to property, or any personal injuries, happening in the course of or as a direct result of the authorised operations; details of any opportunity taken to obtain evidence to which section 258 (2) (c) applies; the number of authorities cancelled by the chief executive officer or that have expired during the period to which the report relates.
(sec.268-ssec.3) The details mentioned in subsection (2) must be classified into controlled operations conducted in this jurisdiction or conducted in this jurisdiction and a participating jurisdiction.
(sec.268-ssec.4) The report entity may require the chief executive officer to give additional information about any authorised operation to which a report relates.
(sec.268-ssec.5) Subsection (2) (d) or (e) does not require particulars of an authorised operation to be included in a report for a period of 6 months if the operation had not ended during that period.
(sec.268-ssec.6) However, the particulars must instead be included in the report for the period of 6 months in which the operation ends.
- (a) the number of formal authorities that have been granted or varied by the chief executive officer, and the number of formal applications for the granting or variation of authorities that have been refused by the chief executive officer, during the period of the report;
- (b) the number of urgent authorities or urgent variations of authorities that have been granted by the chief executive officer, and the number of urgent applications for authorities or urgent variations of authorities that have been refused by the chief executive officer, during the period of the report;
- (c) the nature of the criminal activities against which the authorised operations were directed;
- (d) the nature of the controlled conduct engaged in for the purposes of the authorised operations;
- (e) if any of the authorised operations involved illicit goods, a statement, to the extent known, of— (i) the nature and quantity of the illicit goods; and (ii) the route through which the illicit goods passed in the course of the operations;
- (i) the nature and quantity of the illicit goods; and
- (ii) the route through which the illicit goods passed in the course of the operations;
- (f) details of any loss of or serious damage to property, or any personal injuries, happening in the course of or as a direct result of the authorised operations;
- (g) details of any opportunity taken to obtain evidence to which section 258 (2) (c) applies;
- (h) the number of authorities cancelled by the chief executive officer or that have expired during the period to which the report relates.
- (i) the nature and quantity of the illicit goods; and
- (ii) the route through which the illicit goods passed in the course of the operations;