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

65   After subsection 21(3A)

Insert:

(3B) If:

(a) the surveillance device warrant has been sought by or on behalf of a federal law enforcement officer for the purposes of an integrity operation; and

(b) the chief officer of the law enforcement agency to which the law enforcement officer belongs or is seconded is satisfied that:

(i) the use of a surveillance device under the warrant sought is no longer necessary for the purposes of the integrity operation; or

(ii) the integrity authority for the integrity operation is no longer in effect;

the chief officer must, in addition to revoking the warrant under section 20, take the steps necessary to ensure that use of the surveillance device authorised by the warrant is discontinued.