Surveillance Devices Act 2007

(1) The chief officer of a law enforcement agency must give a report to the

Minister that includes the following information for each financial year:

(a) the number of applications for warrants by and the number of warrants issued to law enforcement officers of the agency during the year;

(b) the number of applications for emergency authorisations by and the number of emergency authorisations given to law enforcement officers of the agency during the year;

(c) the number of remote applications for warrants by law enforcement officers of the agency during the year;

(d) the number of applications for warrants or emergency authorisations by law enforcement officers of the agency that were refused during the year, and the reasons for refusal;

(e) the number of applications for extensions of warrants by law enforcement officers of the agency during the year, the number of extensions granted or refused and the reasons why they were granted or refused;

(f) the number of arrests made by law enforcement officers of the agency during the year on the basis (wholly or partly) of information obtained by the use of a surveillance device under a warrant or emergency authorisation;

(g) the number of prosecutions that were started in this jurisdiction during the year in which information obtained by the use of a surveillance device under a warrant or emergency authorisation was given in evidence and the number of the prosecutions in which a person was found guilty;

(h) any other information relating to the use of surveillance devices by the law enforcement agency and the administration of this Act the

Minister considers appropriate.

(1A) The

ICAC must give a report to the Minister that includes the following information for each financial year:

(a) the number of applications for warrants by, and the number of warrants issued to, ICAC officers during the year;

(b) the number of remote applications for warrants by ICAC officers during the year;

(c) the number of applications for warrants by ICAC officers that were refused during the year, and the reasons for refusal;

(d) the number of applications for extensions of warrants by ICAC officers during the year, the number of extensions granted or refused and the reasons why they were granted or refused;

(e) the number of prosecutions that were started during the year in which information obtained by the use of a surveillance device under a warrant was given in evidence and the number of the prosecutions that resulted in a finding of guilt;

(f) the number of investigations under the ICAC Act that were concluded during the year in which information obtained by the use of a surveillance device under a warrant formed part of the relevant evidence;

(g) the number of investigations referred to in paragraph (f) which resulted in a finding that:

(i) a person or body had committed improper conduct; or

(ii) a person or body had committed corrupt conduct; or

(iii) a person or body had committed anti-democratic conduct (as defined in section 15 of the ICAC Act);

(h) the number of investigations that were concluded during the year in which information obtained by the use of a surveillance device under warrant was provided in a brief of evidence to the Director of Public

Prosecutions or any other body for further investigation;

(i) any other information relating to the use of surveillance devices by the

ICAC and the administration of this Act the Minister considers appropriate.

(2) The information mentioned in subsections (1)(a) and (b) and (1A)(a) and

(3) The report must be given to the Minister within 3 months after the end of the financial year.

(4) The

Minister must, within 7 sitting days after receiving the report, table a copy of it in the Legislative Assembly.