Surveillance Devices Act 1999

The Public Interest Monitor is entitled—

to appear at any hearing of a relevant application to test the content and sufficiency of the information relied on and the circumstances of the application; and

for the purpose of testing the content and sufficiency of the information relied on and the circumstances of the application—

to ask questions of any person giving information in relation to the application; and

to make submissions to the Supreme Court judge or magistrate as to the appropriateness of granting the application.

Without limiting subsection (1), the Public Interest Monitor is entitled to make submissions to the Supreme Court judge or magistrate in the presence of the judge or magistrate or by phone, fax, email or any other reasonable way.

As soon as practicable after the application is determined, the Public Interest Monitor must return to the applicant any documents given by the applicant to the Public Interest Monitor under section 12B or 12C in relation to the application.