17Public Interest Advocate to return proposed journalist information warrant requests and applications

17 Public Interest Advocate to return proposed journalist information warrant requests and applications

(1) After a decision has been made to issue, or refuse to issue, a journalist information warrant, or a request or application for such a warrant is withdrawn, a Public Interest Advocate must: (a) in the case of a request by the Director‑General of Security—return the following to the Director‑General of Security: (i) the proposed request to which the warrant relates; (ii) any submission prepared by a Public Interest Advocate; (iii) any other document, or a copy of or extract from a document, relating to the proposed request; and (b) in the case of an application by an enforcement agency—return the following to the enforcement agency: (i) the proposed application to which the warrant relates; (ii) any submission prepared by a Public Interest Advocate; (iii) any other document, or a copy of or extract from a document, relating to the proposed application. (2) If: (a) further information is given to: (i) the Attorney‑General in relation to a request by the Director‑General of Security; or (ii) the relevant Part 4‑1 issuing authority in relation to an application by an enforcement agency; and (b) a Public Interest Advocate is also given the further information or a summary of it; the Public Interest Advocate must return the document containing the information or summary to the relevant person mentioned in subsection (1).