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Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
81AGeneral Register of Warrants
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#### 81A General Register of Warrants
(1) The Secretary of the Department is to cause a General Register of Warrants to be kept.
(2) The Secretary of the Department is to cause to be recorded in the General Register in relation to each Part 2‑5 warrant particulars of:
(a) the date of issue of the warrant; and
(b) the Judge or nominated ART member who issued the warrant; and
(c) the agency to which the warrant was issued; and
(d) in the case of a telecommunications service warrant:
(i) the telecommunications service to which the warrant relates; and
(ii) the name of the person specified in the warrant as a person using or likely to use the telecommunications service; and
(e) in the case of a named person warrant:
(i) the name of the person to whom the warrant relates; and
(ii) each telecommunications service that is specified in the warrant, or in relation to which interceptions authorised by the warrant have occurred; and
(f) the period for which the warrant is to be in force; and
(g) in the case of a warrant issued under subsection 46(1) or 46A(1), or issued under section 48 in the circumstances mentioned in subsection 46(1)—each serious offence in relation to which the Judge or nominated ART member who issued the warrant was satisfied, on the application for the warrant, as mentioned in:
(i) in the case of a warrant under section 48—paragraph 46(1)(d); or
(ii) otherwise—paragraph 46(1)(d) or 46A(1)(d), as the case requires; and
(h) in the case of a Part 5.3 warrant—the name of the person to whom the relevant Part 5.3 supervisory order or application relates; and
(i) in the case of a Part 9.10 warrant—the name of the person to whom the relevant community safety supervision order or application relates.