Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

The commissioner must ensure the police service’s annual report for a financial year, prepared under the Financial Accountability Act 2009, includes the following information—

the number of hand held scanner authorities issued during the financial year;

information about—

the number of people who were required to submit to the use of hand held scanners under section 39BA or 39E; and

the number of knives or other weapons that were detected using hand held scanners under section 39BA or 39E; and

the number of times a power to search a person without a warrant was exercised under chapter 2, part 2, division 2 as a result of the use of hand held scanners under section 39BA or 39E; and

the number and type of charges made against persons as a result of the use of hand held scanners under section 39BA or 39E.

The information included in the annual report under subsection (1) must not include any information that identifies, or is likely to lead to the identification of, an individual.