Criminal Investigation (Covert Powers) Act 2012

Within 2 months after the completion of an authorised operation, the principal law enforcement officer for the operation must make a report in accordance with this section to the chief officer of the law enforcement agency.

The report must include all of the following details —

the dates and times when the authorised operation began and was completed;

whether the operation was a cross‑border controlled operation or a local controlled operation;

the nature of the controlled conduct engaged in for the purposes of the operation;

details of the outcome of the operation;

if the operation involved illicit goods, a statement (to the extent known) of —

the nature and quantity of the illicit goods; and

the route through which the illicit goods passed in the course of the operation;

details of any loss of or serious damage to property, or any personal injuries, occurring in the course of or as a direct result of the operation;

details (to the extent known) of any loss of or serious damage to property, or any personal injuries, occurring as an indirect result of the operation;

information as to whether —

in the course of the operation, any participant engaged in unlawful conduct (other than controlled conduct that the participant was authorised to engage in for the purposes of the operation); and

any unlawful conduct (other than controlled conduct) was engaged in during the operation; and

any person is, because of section 31, not criminally responsible for ancillary conduct (as defined in that section); and

any variations were made to an authority for the operation; and

any of those variations were to extend the period of validity of the authority; and

any retrospective authority was granted in respect of the operation; and

any urgent authority was granted in respect of the operation; and

any conditions of an authority for the operation were breached.