Law Enforcement Integrity Legislation Amendment Act 2012 (194 of 2012)

Schedule 1   Integrity testing and expansion of coverage by ACLEI

Part 3   Related amendments

Surveillance Devices Act 2004

55   After subsection 14(3A)

Insert:

Warrants sought for integrity operations

(3B) A federal law enforcement officer (or another person on his or her behalf) may apply for the issue of a surveillance device warrant if:

(a) an integrity authority is in effect authorising an integrity operation in relation to an offence that it is suspected has been, is being or is likely to be committed by a staff member of a target agency; and

(b) the federal law enforcement officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the use of a surveillance device will assist the conduct of the integrity operation by:

(i) recording or monitoring the operation; and

(ii) enabling evidence to be obtained relating to the commission of the offence or the integrity, location or identity of any staff member of the target agency.

Procedure for making applications