49ANotification to Ombudsman in relation to Part 5.3 warrants or Part 9.10 warrants

49A Notification to Ombudsman in relation to Part 5.3 warrants or Part 9.10 warrants

(1) Within 6 months after a Part 5.3 warrant or a Part 9.10 warrant is issued in response to an application by a law enforcement officer of a law enforcement agency, the chief officer of the agency must: (a) notify the Ombudsman that the warrant has been issued; and (b) give the Ombudsman a copy of the warrant. (2) As soon as practicable after the law enforcement agency, or a law enforcement officer of the law enforcement agency, contravenes any of the following conditions or provisions, the chief officer of the agency must notify the Ombudsman of the contravention: (a) a condition specified in the warrant; (b) any of the following provisions, to the extent that they relate to the warrant: (i) subsection 20(2); (ii) subsection 27G(2); (iii) section 45; (iv) subsection 46(1); (c) section 46A; (ca) section 46B; (d) subsection 50A(4). (3) A failure to comply with subsection (1) or (2) does not affect the validity of the warrant. (4) This section applies in relation to a tracking device authorisation given on the basis of a Part 5.3 supervisory order, or a community safety supervision order, that is or was in force in the same way as this section applies in relation to a surveillance device warrant or computer access warrant.