Surveillance Devices Act 2007
44Reports to eligible Judge and Attorney General
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44 Reports to eligible Judge and Attorney General
44 Reports to eligible Judge and Attorney General
(1) A person to whom a surveillance device warrant is issued must, within the time specified in the warrant, furnish a report, in writing, to an eligible Judge of the Supreme Court (if the warrant was issued by an eligible Judge of the Supreme Court) or eligible Judge of the Local Court (if the warrant was issued by an eligible Judge of the Local Court) and to the Attorney General—
(a) stating whether or not a surveillance device was used pursuant to the warrant, and
(b) specifying the type of surveillance device (if any) used, and
(c) specifying the name, if known, of any person whose private conversation was recorded or listened to, or whose activity was recorded, by the use of the device, and
(d) specifying the period during which the device was used, and
(e) containing particulars of any premises or vehicle on or in which the device was installed or any place at which the device was used, and
(f) containing particulars of the general use made or to be made of any evidence or information obtained by the use of the device, and
(g) containing particulars of any previous use of a surveillance device in connection with the relevant offence in respect of which the warrant was issued, and
(h) in the case of a surveillance device warrant issued in this jurisdiction and executed in a participating jurisdiction—
(i) giving details of the benefit to the investigation of the use of the relevant surveillance device and of the general use made or to be made of any evidence or information obtained by the use of the device, and
(ii) giving details of the compliance with the conditions (if any) to which the warrant was subject.
(2) A person to whom an approval is given in respect of the use of a surveillance device in an emergency without a warrant must, within the time specified by the eligible Judge of the Supreme Court who gave the approval, furnish a report, in writing, to an eligible Judge of the Supreme Court and to the Attorney General—
(a) specifying the type of surveillance device used, and