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Surveillance Devices Act 2007
47Register of warrants and emergency authorisations
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#### 47 Register of warrants and emergency authorisations
47 Register of warrants and emergency authorisations
> > (1) The chief officer of a law enforcement agency must cause a register of warrants and emergency authorisations to be kept.
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> > (2) The register is to specify, for each warrant issued to a law enforcement officer of the agency—
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> > > (a) the date of issue of the warrant, and
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> > > (b) the name of the eligible Judge who issued the warrant, and
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> > > (c) the name of the law enforcement officer named in the warrant as the person primarily responsible for executing it, and
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> > > (d) the relevant offence in relation to which the warrant is issued, and
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> > > (e) the period during which the warrant is in force, and
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> > > (f) details of any variation or extension of the warrant.
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> > (3) The register is to specify, for each emergency authorisation given to a law enforcement officer of the agency—
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> > > (a) the date the emergency authorisation was given, and
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> > > (b) the name of the senior officer who gave the emergency authorisation, and
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> > > (c) the name of the law enforcement officer to whom the emergency authorisation was given, and
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> > > (d) the relevant offence in relation to which the emergency authorisation was given, and
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> > > (e) the date on which the application for approval of powers exercised under the emergency authorisation was made.
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> **s 47:** Am 2025 No 61, Sch 2.87\[5\].