Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003
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37E Definitions
covert search warrant means a warrant issued under Part 2;
covert search warrant information means the following information in respect of a financial year—
(a) the number of applications for a covert search warrant during that year;
(b) the number of covert search warrants issued during that year;
(c) the number of telephone applications under section 10 during that year;
(d) the number of applications under Part 2 that were refused during that year;
(e) the number of premises covertly entered during that year under a covert search warrant;
(f) the number of occasions on which items were seized from premises during that year under a covert search warrant;
(g) the number of occasions on which items were placed in premises during that year under a covert search warrant;
(h) the number of occasions on which electronic equipment was operated by way of remote entry during that year under a covert search warrant;
detain and decontaminate information means the following information in respect of each financial year—
(a) the number of authorisations given under Part 3 during that year;
(b) the terms of each authorisation mentioned in paragraph (a) and the period during which it had effect;
(c) a summary of the grounds that were relied on for the giving of an authorisation mentioned in paragraph (a);
(d) a general description of the powers exercised under an authorisation mentioned in paragraph (a) and the manner in which they were exercised;
(e) the result of the exercise of the powers mentioned in paragraph (d);
police detention decision information means the following information in respect of a financial year—
(a) the number of police detention decisions made during that year;
(b) the period of detention of each person detained under Part 2AA;
(c) whether a person mentioned in paragraph (b) was during that year—
(i) released at the end of the maximum police detention period; or
(ii) taken into custody for the purposes of Subdivision (30A) of Division 1 of Part III of the Crimes Act 1958; or
(iii) arrested under Division 4 of Part IAA, or Part IC, of the Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth; or
(iv) a protected suspect (within the meaning of Part IC of the Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth); or