Terrorism (Extraordinary Powers) Act 2005

As soon as practicable or no later than 30 days after a Commissioner’s warrant ceases to have effect the Commissioner must give a written report to the Minister and the Attorney General that —

states the terms of the warrant;

describes generally the grounds for, and the information relied on when, issuing the warrant;

states for how long the warrant had effect;

if it ceased to have effect under section 7(4)(a), includes a copy of the judge’s reasons for refusing to approve its issue;

describes generally the powers that were exercised under the warrant and how they were exercised; and

states the result of the exercise of those powers.

If a Commissioner’s warrant is issued so as to have effect immediately a previously issued warrant ceases to have effect, subsection (1) must be obeyed as soon as practicable after the last warrant ceases to have effect and the report must relate to all of the warrants.

If a Commissioner’s warrant is not issued because a judge refused to approve its issue, the Commissioner must give a written report to the Minister and the Attorney General that —

states what the terms of the proposed warrant were;

describes generally the grounds on which, and the information relied on when, it was proposed to issue the warrant; and

includes a copy of the judge’s reasons for the refusal.

The Minister must cause a report given under this section to be tabled before each House of Parliament within 60 days after the date on which the Minister receives it.