Purposes of Act
6 Purposes of Act
The main purposes of this Act are—
to establish procedures for law enforcement officers to obtain warrants or emergency authorisations for the installation, use, maintenance and retrieval of surveillance devices in criminal and corrupt conduct investigations, including investigations extending beyond the ACT; and
to recognise warrants and emergency authorisations issued in other jurisdictions; and
to restrict the use, communication and publication of information obtained through the use of surveillance devices or otherwise connected with surveillance device operations; and
to impose requirements for the secure storage and destruction of records, and the making of reports to the Legislative Assembly, in connection with surveillance device operations; and
to provide for the use of body-worn cameras by police officers in the course of their duties.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statementSecond reading speech
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