39Register of warrants and emergency authorisations

39 Register of warrants and emergency authorisations

(1)  The chief officer of a law enforcement agency must cause a register of warrants and emergency authorisations to be kept.

(2)  The register is to specify, for each warrant issued to a law enforcement officer of the agency –

(a) the date of issue of the warrant; and

(b) the name of the judge or magistrate who issued the warrant; and

(c) the name of the law enforcement officer named in the warrant as the person primarily responsible for executing it; and

(d) the relevant offence in relation to which the warrant was issued; and

(e) the period during which the warrant is in force; and

(f) details of any variation or extension of the warrant.

(3)  The register is to specify, for each emergency authorisation given to a law enforcement officer of the agency –

(a) the date on which the emergency authorisation was given; and

(b) the name of the senior officer who gave the emergency authorisation; and

(c) the name of the law enforcement officer to whom the emergency authorisation was given; and

(d) the relevant offence in relation to which the emergency authorisation was given; and

(e) the date on which the application for approval of powers exercised under the emergency authorisation was made.