Crimes Act 1914

Part IAAC - Account takeover warrants  

Division 6 - Reporting and record keeping  

SECTION 3ZZVM   Chief officers ' annual reports to the Minister  

(1)    
As soon as practicable, and in any event within 3 months, after the end of each financial year, the chief officer of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC must submit a report to the Minister that sets out:

(a)    the number of applications for account takeover warrants made by law enforcement officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires, during the financial year; and

(b)    the number of account takeover warrants issued during the financial year in response to applications made by law enforcement officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires; and

(c)    if one or more applications for account takeover warrants made by law enforcement officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires, during the financial year were refused - the number of those refusals; and

(d)    the number of urgent applications for account takeover warrants made by law enforcement officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires, during the financial year; and

(e)    the number of account takeover warrants issued during the financial year in response to urgent applications made by law enforcement officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires; and

(f)    if one or more urgent applications for account takeover warrants made by law enforcement officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires, during the financial year were refused - the number of those refusals; and

(g)    if one or more variations of account takeover warrants were granted during the financial year in response to applications made by law enforcement officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires - the number of those variations; and

(h)    if one or more applications for variations of account takeover warrants made by law enforcement officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires, during the financial year were refused - the number of those refusals; and

(i)    the number of applications for emergency authorisations made by law enforcement officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires, during the financial year; and

(j)    the number of emergency authorisations given during the financial year in response to applications made by law enforcement officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires; and

(k)    if one or more applications for emergency authorisations made by law enforcement officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires, during the financial year were refused - the number of those refusals; and

(l)    if one or more applications for approval of the giving of emergency authorisations were made by or on behalf of appropriate authorising officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires, during the financial year - the number of those applications; and

(m)    if the giving of one or more emergency authorisations were approved during the financial year in response to applications made by or on behalf of appropriate authorising officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires - the number of those approvals; and

(n)    if one or more applications for approval of the giving of emergency authorisations made by or on behalf of appropriate authorising officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires, during the financial year were refused - the number of those refusals; and

(o)    the types of relevant offences in respect of which account takeover warrants or emergency authorisations were sought by law enforcement officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires, during the financial year; and

(p)    the number of arrests that were made during the financial year on the basis (wholly or partly) of information obtained under account takeover warrants issued, or emergency authorisations given, in response to applications made by law enforcement officers of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, as the case requires; and

(q)    the number of prosecutions for relevant offences that were commenced during the financial year in which information obtained under account takeover warrants or emergency authorisations was given in evidence, and the number of those prosecutions in which a person was found guilty.

(2)    
The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the Minister receives it.

(3)    
A copy of a report given to the Minister under this section must be given to the Ombudsman at the same time as it is given to the Minister.