Application for approval after use of surveillance device under emergency authorisation
37 Application for approval after use of surveillance device under emergency authorisation
(1) Within 2 business days after giving an emergency authorisation, a senior officer (or another person on the officer's behalf) must apply to a Supreme Court Judge for approval of the exercise of powers under the emergency authorisation.
(2) The application must:
state:
(i) the name of the applicant; and
(ii) the kind of surveillance device sought to be approved and, if a warrant is sought, the nature and duration of the warrant; and
(b) be supported by an affidavit stating the grounds on which the approval (and warrant, if any) is sought.
(3) The Judge may refuse to consider the application until the applicant gives the Judge all the information the Judge requires about the application in the way the Judge requires.
(4) The application must not be heard in open court.
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