Telecommunications Interception Act 2009
sec.25Inspecting entity may report on other contraventions
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sec.25 Inspecting entity may report on other contraventions
If, because of an inspection under this part of an eligible authority’s part 2-5 warrant records, the inspecting entity considers an officer of the authority has contravened the Commonwealth Act or that the chief officer of the authority has contravened section 16 or 20 of this Act, the inspecting entity may include a report on the contravention in the report on the inspection. However, before making a report on the contravention, the inspecting entity must give the chief officer of the eligible authority an opportunity to make comments in writing on the report and must include in the report any comments made. To remove any doubt, it is declared that for the purposes of subsection (1) , a contravention of a condition or restriction specified in a warrant is a contravention of a provision of the Commonwealth Act . s 25 amd 2023 No. 1 s 97 s ch 1 pt 1 ; 2024 No. 41 s 60 (sec.25-ssec.1) If, because of an inspection under this part of an eligible authority’s part 2-5 warrant records, the inspecting entity considers an officer of the authority has contravened the Commonwealth Act or that the chief officer of the authority has contravened section 16 or 20 of this Act, the inspecting entity may include a report on the contravention in the report on the inspection. (sec.25-ssec.2) However, before making a report on the contravention, the inspecting entity must give the chief officer of the eligible authority an opportunity to make comments in writing on the report and must include in the report any comments made. (sec.25-ssec.3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that for the purposes of subsection (1) , a contravention of a condition or restriction specified in a warrant is a contravention of a provision of the Commonwealth Act .