Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
162Report to set out how many applications made and warrants issued
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162 Report to set out how many applications made and warrants issued
(1) The report must set out, for each criminal law‑enforcement agency: (a) the relevant statistics about applications for stored communications warrants that the agency made during that year; and (b) the relevant statistics about telephone applications for stored communications warrants that the agency made during that year; and (c) the relevant statistics about international assistance applications that the agency made during that year; and (d) for each international offence for the agency—the offence (if any), under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, that is of the same, or a substantially similar, nature to the international offence. (2) The report must set out: (a) the relevant statistics about applications for stored communications warrants that were made during that year; and (b) the relevant statistics about telephone applications for stored communications warrants that were made during that year; and (ba) the relevant statistics about international assistance applications that were made during that year; and (c) the relevant statistics about renewal applications made during that year; and (d) how many stored communications warrants issued on applications made during that year specified conditions or restrictions relating to access to stored communications under the warrants; and (e) for each international offence for each enforcement agency—the offence (if any), under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, that is of the same, or a substantially similar, nature to the international offence. (3) An international offence, for an enforcement agency, is: (a) an offence against a law of a foreign country; or (b) a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC; or (c) a War Crimes Tribunal offence; in respect of which a stored communications warrant was issued as a result of an international assistance application made by the agency during the year.