30Chief officer's report

30 Chief officer's report (1) As soon as practicable after 31 March and 30 September in each year, the chief officer of each law enforcement agency must provide a report to the relevant oversight body in relation to authorised operations conducted on behalf of the agency during the previous 6 months. (2) The report must include the following details: (a) the number of formal authorities that were granted or varied by the chief officer, and the number of formal applications for the granting or variation of authorities that were refused by the chief officer, during the period to which the report relates; (b) the number of urgent authorities or urgent variations of authorities that were granted by the chief officer, and the number of urgent applications for authorities or urgent variations of authorities that were refused by the chief officer, during the period to which the report relates; (c) the nature of the criminal activities against which the authorised operations were directed; (ca) the nature of the criminal activities, or for a report by the ICAC the nature of the relevant improper conduct, 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; (f) details of any loss of, or serious damage to, property, or any personal injuries, that occurred in the course of, or as a direct result of, the authorised operations; (g) the number of authorities cancelled by the chief officer or that expired during the period to which the report relates.

Police (Special Investigative and Other Powers) Act 2015 25 (3) The relevant oversight body may require the chief officer to provide additional information about an authorised operation to which a report relates. (4) If an authorised operation has not been completed at the end of a reporting period, the details mentioned in subsection (2)(c) to (f) need not be included in the report for that period in relation to that operation, but must be included in the report for the period in which the operation concludes.