Crimes Act 1914

Part IAAA - Delayed notification search warrants  

Division 6 - Reporting and record-keeping  

SECTION 3ZZFB   Annual reports to Minister  

(1)    
The chief officer of an eligible agency must give a written report to the Minister that includes the following information in respect of each financial year:

(a) the number of applications for delayed notification search warrants made in person by eligible officers of the agency;

(b) the number of applications for delayed notification search warrants made under section 3ZZBF by eligible officers of the agency;

(c) the number of delayed notification search warrants issued as a result of applications referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) and the eligible offences to which they related;

(d) the number of delayed notification search warrants that were executed by an eligible officer of the agency;

(e) the number of delayed notification search warrants that were executed by an eligible officer of the agency under which:

(i) one or more things were seized from the warrant premises; or

(ii) one or more things were placed in substitution at the warrant premises for a seized thing; or

(iii) one or more things were returned to, or retrieved from, the warrant premises; or

(iv) one or more things were copied, photographed, recorded, marked, tagged, operated, printed, tested or sampled at the warrant premises;

(f) any other information relating to delayed notification search warrants and the administration of this Part that the Minister considers appropriate.

(2)    
The report for a financial year must be given to the Minister as soon as practicable, and in any event not more than 3 months, after the end of the financial year.

(3)    
The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the Minister receives it.