5Records relating to covert surveillance authority—the Act, s 33

5 Records relating to covert surveillance authority—the Act, s 33

5 Records relating to covert surveillance authority—the Act, s 33

(1) A Magistrate or judicial member of the Industrial Relations Commission who receives an application for, or issues, a covert surveillance authority must ensure the Minister is given written notice of the receipt of the application or issue of the authority as soon as practicable after the Magistrate or judicial member of the Industrial Relations Commission receives the application or issues the authority.

(2) The written notice given to the Minister must contain only information that is required by the Minister for the purposes of a report under the Act, section 42.

Note—

the Act, section 33, including as applied by section 41, requires a Magistrate or judicial member of the Industrial Relations Commission to take all reasonable steps to preserve the confidentiality of information contained in records made under that section. Section 33(2) provides that this requirement does not prevent the Magistrate or judicial member of the Industrial Relations Commission from supplying information to the Minister that is required for the purposes of an annual report under the Act, section 42.

s 5: Am 2023 No 41, Sch 2.38[2].