Audit of records
15LG Audit of records
The chief officer of either a law enforcement agency or an intelligence agency must cause the records kept under section 15LF for each authority in respect of the agency to be audited:
at least once every 6 months while the authority is in force; and
at least once in the 6 months after the cancellation or expiry of the authority.
The audit is to be conducted by a person appointed by the chief officer.
The person appointed to conduct the audit:
may, but need not be, an officer of the agency; and
must not be a person:
who granted, varied or cancelled any of the authorities to which the records under section 15LF relate; or
to whom control of any of the authorities to which the records under section 15LF relate was transferred; or
who is or was an authorised person under any of the authorities to which those records relate.
The results of an audit must be reported to the chief officer.
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