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Surveillance Devices Act 2007
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#### 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—
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> > > (a) an eligible Judge of the Supreme Court, if an eligible Judge of the Supreme Court issued the warrant, or
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> > > (b) an eligible Judge of the Local Court, if an eligible Judge of the Local Court issued the warrant.
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> > (2) An eligible Judge may revoke a retrieval warrant on application by or on behalf of a law enforcement officer.
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> > (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.
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> > (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.
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> > (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.
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> > (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.
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> **s 30:** Am 2025 No 61, Sch 2.87\[3\]–\[5\] \[7\].