New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 242A

242A Annual reports to be given to Attorney General and Minister for Police

(1) The Commissioner of Police, the Commissioner for the New South Wales Crime Commission and the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission must each report annually on the exercise of powers under Part 5 with respect to covert search warrants by police officers, and members of staff of the New South Wales Crime Commission and the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, respectively.

(1A) The Commissioner of Police must report annually on the exercise of powers under Part 5 with respect to criminal organisation search warrants by police officers.

(2) Each report is to be provided, within 4 months after each 30 June, to the Minister for Police and the Attorney General.

(3) The report under subsection (1) is to specify the following matters in relation to the year ended on that 30 June--

(a) the number of applications for covert search warrants made under Part 5 and the number of those applications granted,

(b) the number of applications for telephone covert search warrants and the number of those applications granted,

(c) the number of covert search warrants executed,

(d) the number of covert search warrants under which any things were seized,

(e) the number of covert search warrants under which any things were placed in substitution for seized things,

(f) the number of covert search warrants under which any things were returned or retrieved,

(g) the number of covert search warrants under which the powers referred to in sections 75A and 75B were exercised,

(h) the number of covert search warrants under which any things were tested,

(i) the number of arrests made in connection with searchable offences in respect of which covert search warrants were executed and the number of those arrests that have led to the laying of charges in relation to the searchable offences concerned,

(j) the number of complaints that are made under any Act about conduct relating to the execution of a covert search warrant by an executing officer and the number of those complaints that are, or have been, the subject of an investigation under any Act,

(k) any other matters requested by the Minister for Police or the Attorney General.

(3A) The report under subsection (1A) is to specify the following matters in relation to the year ended on that 30 June--

(a) the number of applications for criminal organisation search warrants made under Part 5 and the number of those applications granted,

(b) the number of applications for telephone criminal organisation search warrants and the number of those applications granted,

(c) the number of criminal organisation search warrants executed,

(d) the number of criminal organisation search warrants under which any things were seized,

(e) the number of criminal organisation search warrants under which the powers referred to in sections 75A and 75B were exercised,

(f) the number of criminal organisation search warrants under which any things were tested,

(g) the number of arrests made in connection with searchable offences in respect of which criminal organisation search warrants were executed and the number of those arrests that have led to the laying of charges in relation to the searchable offences concerned,

(h) the number of complaints that are made under any Act about conduct relating to the execution of a criminal organisation search warrant by an executing officer and the number of those complaints that are, or have been, the subject of an investigation under any Act,

(i) any other matters requested by the Minister for Police or the Attorney General.

(4) The reports may be combined with any other annual report of the NSW Police Force, the New South Wales Crime Commission or the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.

(5) The reports are to be tabled in each House of Parliament as soon as practicable after they are received by the Attorney General.