30Revocation of retrieval warrant

30 Revocation of retrieval warrant

30 Revocation of retrieval warrant

(1) A retrieval warrant may be revoked at any time before the expiration of the period of validity specified in it by—

(a) an eligible Judge of the Supreme Court, if an eligible Judge of the Supreme Court issued the warrant, or

(b) an eligible Judge of the Local Court, if an eligible Judge of the Local Court issued the warrant.

(2) An eligible Judge may revoke a retrieval warrant on application by or on behalf of a law enforcement officer.

(3) An eligible Judge who revokes a warrant must give notice of the revocation to the chief officer of the law enforcement agency of which the law enforcement officer to whom the warrant was issued is a member.

(4) If the eligible Judge revokes the warrant on the application of a law enforcement officer, the Judge is taken to have notified the chief officer under subsection (3) when the Judge revokes the warrant.

(5) If the chief officer of a law enforcement agency is satisfied that the grounds for issue of a retrieval warrant to a law enforcement officer of the agency no longer exist, the chief officer must cause an application to be made for the revocation of the warrant under this section.

(6) If the law enforcement officer to whom a retrieval warrant has been issued, or who is primarily responsible for executing a retrieval warrant, believes that the grounds for issue of the warrant no longer exist, he or she must inform the chief officer of the law enforcement agency immediately.

s 30: Am 2025 No 61, Sch 2.87[3]–[5] [7].