Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Act 2026 (70 of 2026)

Schedule 1   Police powers and warrants

Part 3   Account takeover warrants, data disruption warrants and network activity warrants

Division 4   Application, transitional and saving provisions relating to data disruption warrants and network activity warrants

32   Emergency authorisations

Emergency authorisations

(1) An emergency authorisation for disruption of data held in a computer given under subsection 28(4) of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 (whether or not approved under subsection 35B(1) of that Act) that is in force immediately before the sunsetting time ceases to be in force at that time.

Pending applications

(2) An application made before the sunsetting time under subsection 28(1C) of the Surveillance Devices Act2004 for an emergency authorisation for disruption of data held in a computer, in relation to which an appropriate authorising officer has not made a decision under subsection 28(4) of that Act before that time, is taken, on and after that time, never to have been made.

(3) An application made before the sunsetting time under subsection 33(1) of the Surveillance Devices Act2004 for approval of the giving of an emergency authorisation for disruption of data held in a computer, in relation to which an eligible Judge or a nominated ART member has not made a decision under subsection 35B(1) of that Act before that time, is taken, on and after that time, never to have been made.