Police Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2026
sch.11-sec.18Reports on covert searches— Act , s 220
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sch.11-sec.18 Reports on covert searches— Act , s 220
This section sets out the responsibilities of a police officer who makes a report under section 220 of the Act in relation to a covert search warrant. The police officer must include all of the following information in the report— the officer’s name, rank, registered number and station; the designated offence, organised crime related offence or terrorism to which the warrant relates; the conditions imposed on the warrant; the time and date on which, and the place where, the powers under the warrant were exercised; particulars of how the powers under the warrant were exercised, and how the warrant was complied with, including, for example, particulars of anything seized, inspected or photographed under the warrant; if the officer seeks an order under section 220 (6) of the Act in relation to a thing seized or photographed under the warrant—a description of, and the reasons for seeking, the order. an order that anything seized and any photograph taken be retained for the purpose of the investigation of the designated offence, organised crime related offence or terrorism an order that anything seized and any photograph taken be retained for the purpose of a proceeding started under the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 relating to an offence arising out of the investigation an order that anything seized and any photograph taken be retained for use as evidence in the prosecution of the persons named in the application an order that a thing seized be destroyed in a way the commissioner considers appropriate (sch.11-sec.18-ssec.1) This section sets out the responsibilities of a police officer who makes a report under section 220 of the Act in relation to a covert search warrant. (sch.11-sec.18-ssec.2) The police officer must include all of the following information in the report— the officer’s name, rank, registered number and station; the designated offence, organised crime related offence or terrorism to which the warrant relates; the conditions imposed on the warrant; the time and date on which, and the place where, the powers under the warrant were exercised; particulars of how the powers under the warrant were exercised, and how the warrant was complied with, including, for example, particulars of anything seized, inspected or photographed under the warrant; if the officer seeks an order under section 220 (6) of the Act in relation to a thing seized or photographed under the warrant—a description of, and the reasons for seeking, the order. an order that anything seized and any photograph taken be retained for the purpose of the investigation of the designated offence, organised crime related offence or terrorism an order that anything seized and any photograph taken be retained for the purpose of a proceeding started under the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 relating to an offence arising out of the investigation an order that anything seized and any photograph taken be retained for use as evidence in the prosecution of the persons named in the application an order that a thing seized be destroyed in a way the commissioner considers appropriate