Surveillance Devices Act 2007
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45 Annual reports
45 Annual reports
(1) The Attorney General is to prepare a report as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, and in any event within 3 months after the end of the financial year, that includes the following information in respect of the financial year concerned—
(a) the number of applications for warrants by, and the number of warrants issued to, law enforcement officers during that year,
(b) the number of applications for emergency authorisations by, and the number of emergency authorisations given to, law enforcement officers during that year,
(b1) the number of remote applications made by law enforcement officers during that year for surveillance device warrants to be issued in this jurisdiction and executed in a participating jurisdiction,
(b2) the number of applications made by law enforcement officers for surveillance device warrants to be issued in this jurisdiction and executed in a participating jurisdiction that were refused during that year, and the reasons for refusal,
(b3) the number of applications for extensions of surveillance device warrants issued in this jurisdiction and executed in a participating jurisdiction, made by law enforcement officers during that year, the number of extensions granted or refused and the reason why they were granted or refused,
(b4) the number of arrests made by law enforcement officers during that year on the basis (wholly or partly) of information obtained by the use of a surveillance device under a surveillance device warrant or emergency authorisation issued in this jurisdiction and executed in a participating jurisdiction,
(b5) the number of prosecutions that were commenced in this jurisdiction during that year in which information obtained by the use of a surveillance device under a surveillance device warrant or emergency authorisation issued in this jurisdiction and executed in a participating jurisdiction was given in evidence, and the number of those prosecutions in which a person was found guilty,
(c) any other information relating to the use of surveillance devices and the administration of this Act that the Attorney General considers appropriate.
(2) The information referred to in subsection (1)(a)–(b3) must be presented in such a way as to identify the number of warrants issued and emergency authorisations given in respect of each different kind of surveillance device.