Issue of certain warrants by Director‑General in emergency
29 Issue of certain warrants by Director‑General in emergency
Where:
the Director‑General has forwarded or made a request to the Attorney‑General for the issue of a warrant under section 25, 25A, 26, 26R, 27 or 27AA;
the Attorney‑General has not, to the knowledge of the Director‑General, issued, or refused to issue, a warrant as a result of the request and has not, within the preceding period of 3 months, refused to issue a substantially similar warrant;
the Director‑General has not, within the preceding period of 3 months, issued a substantially similar warrant; and
the Director‑General is satisfied:
that the facts of the case would justify the issue of a warrant by the Attorney‑General; and
that, if the action to be authorized by the warrant does not commence before a warrant can be issued and made available by the Attorney‑General, security will be, or is likely to be, seriously prejudiced;
the Director‑General may issue a warrant signed by the Director‑General of the kind that could be issued by the Attorney‑General in pursuance of the request.
A warrant under this section shall specify the period for which it is to remain in force, being a period that does not exceed 48 hours, but may be revoked by the Attorney‑General at any time before the expiration of the period so specified.
Where the Director‑General issues a warrant under this section, the Director‑General shall forthwith furnish to the Attorney‑General:
a copy of the warrant; and
a statement of the grounds on which the Director‑General is satisfied as to the matter referred to in subparagraph (1)(d)(ii).
The Director‑General must, within 3 working days after issuing a warrant under this section, give a copy of the warrant to the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security.
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