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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.364Evidentiary certificates
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### sec.364 Evidentiary certificates
A senior officer of a law enforcement agency may issue a written certificate signed by the officer stating any facts the officer or person considers relevant about—
anything done by a law enforcement officer of the agency, or by a person helping or providing technical expertise to the officer, in connection with the execution of a warrant or in accordance with an emergency authorisation; or
anything done by a law enforcement officer of the agency in connection with—
the communication by a person to another person; or
the making use of; or
the making of a record of; or
the custody of a record of;
information obtained by the use of a surveillance device under a warrant, emergency authorisation, corresponding warrant or corresponding emergency authorisation.
A document purporting to be a certificate issued under subsection (1) or under a provision of a corresponding law that corresponds to subsection (1) is admissible in any proceeding as evidence of the matters stated in it.
Subsection (2) does not apply to a certificate to the extent that the certificate states facts about anything done in accordance with an emergency authorisation or corresponding emergency authorisation unless the use of powers under that authorisation has been approved under section 347 or under a provision of a corresponding law that corresponds to section 347 .
s 364 ins 2005 No. 45 s 12
amd 2024 No. 24 s 57 s ch 1 pt 2
(sec.364-ssec.1) A senior officer of a law enforcement agency may issue a written certificate signed by the officer stating any facts the officer or person considers relevant about— anything done by a law enforcement officer of the agency, or by a person helping or providing technical expertise to the officer, in connection with the execution of a warrant or in accordance with an emergency authorisation; or anything done by a law enforcement officer of the agency in connection with— the communication by a person to another person; or the making use of; or the making of a record of; or the custody of a record of; information obtained by the use of a surveillance device under a warrant, emergency authorisation, corresponding warrant or corresponding emergency authorisation.
(sec.364-ssec.2) A document purporting to be a certificate issued under subsection (1) or under a provision of a corresponding law that corresponds to subsection (1) is admissible in any proceeding as evidence of the matters stated in it.
(sec.364-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a certificate to the extent that the certificate states facts about anything done in accordance with an emergency authorisation or corresponding emergency authorisation unless the use of powers under that authorisation has been approved under section 347 or under a provision of a corresponding law that corresponds to section 347 .
- (a) anything done by a law enforcement officer of the agency, or by a person helping or providing technical expertise to the officer, in connection with the execution of a warrant or in accordance with an emergency authorisation; or
- (b) anything done by a law enforcement officer of the agency in connection with— (i) the communication by a person to another person; or (ii) the making use of; or (iii) the making of a record of; or (iv) the custody of a record of; information obtained by the use of a surveillance device under a warrant, emergency authorisation, corresponding warrant or corresponding emergency authorisation.
- (i) the communication by a person to another person; or
- (ii) the making use of; or
- (iii) the making of a record of; or
- (iv) the custody of a record of;
- (i) the communication by a person to another person; or
- (ii) the making use of; or
- (iii) the making of a record of; or
- (iv) the custody of a record of;