An authorised officer's affidavit supporting a restraining order under s 10 of the Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990 (NSW) may describe the contents of documents rather than annexing copies, and the grounds for suspicion must be assessed as a whole rather than in isolation. However, the majority noted that affidavits should ideally relate matters to specific offences. The dissent's detailed analysis of the precision required may inform future challenges to restraining orders where the affidavit identifies multiple offences without specifying which is suspected.
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