Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

The Governor in Council may appoint a person (the public interest monitor) to monitor—

applications for, and the use of, surveillance device warrants, retrieval warrants and covert search warrants; and

applications for approvals of the use of surveillance devices under emergency authorisations; and

the giving of official warnings for consorting; and

the making of public safety orders by commissioned officers under the Peace and Good Behaviour Act 1982; and

the use of firearm prohibition orders under the Weapons Act 1990, part 5A.

The Governor in Council may also appoint as many deputy public interest monitors as the Minister considers necessary.

The Governor in Council may, in the appointment, fix the terms and conditions of the appointment.

The Public Sector Act 2022 does not apply to the appointment of a monitor.

A monitor must not be a person who is, or who is a member of, or who is employed in or by or to help, any of the following—

the director of public prosecutions;

the office of the director of public prosecutions;

CCC;

the police service;

the principal commissioner under the Family and Child Commission Act 2014.