45AAnnual report of Department

#### 45A Annual report of Department 45A Annual report of Department > > (1) The annual report of the Department of Justice must set out the following in relation to surveillance device warrants and retrieval warrants for the period to which the report relates— > > > > > (a) the number of matters in which the advice of the Attorney General has been sought in respect of a prospective application for a warrant, > > > > > (b) the number of applications for a warrant that have been made, > > > > > (c) the number of applications in which the Attorney General was heard before the eligible Judge in the determination of the application, > > > > > (d) the number of applications that were withdrawn before being determined, > > > > > (e) the number of applications that were refused, > > > > > (f) the number of warrants in respect of which a direction was given under section 52(1) to supply information to a person about the warrant or use of a surveillance device (or both). > > > > Note. > > > > References to the Attorney General in this subsection include persons acting under delegation from the Attorney General. See section 49(6) of the [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015). > > > (2) The Attorney General is to ensure that, as far as reasonably practicable, information is provided for the purposes of subsection (1). > > **s 45A:** Ins 2018 No 90, Sch 1\[18\]. Am 2025 No 61, Sch 2.87\[6\].