Surveillance Devices Amendment (Body-worn Cameras) Regulations 2022 (Vic)

Surveillance Devices Amendment (Body-worn Cameras) Regulations 2022

S.R. No. 117/2022

table of provisions

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Prescribed persons and classes of persons and prescribed circumstances

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Endnotes

statutory rules 2022

S.R. No. 117/2022

Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Surveillance Devices Amendment (Body-worn Cameras) Regulations 2022

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 18 October 2022

Responsible Minister:

JACLYN SYMES
Attorney-General

SAMUAL WALLACE

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Surveillance Devices Regulations 2016 to prescribe persons who may use body-worn cameras or tablet computers in the course of their duties and the circumstances in which the cameras or computers may be used subject to the requirements of the Surveillance Devices Act 1999.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 37A of the Surveillance Devices Act 1999.

3Prescribed persons and classes of persons and prescribed circumstances

In regulation 10(1) of the Surveillance Devices Regulations 2016[1]—

(a)in paragraph (k), for "Act." substitute "Act;";

(b)after paragraph (k) insert—

"(l)an authorised officer appointed under Part 9 of the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 in the circumstances of carrying out their functions under that Act or any other Act;

(m)an authorised officer within the meaning of the Game Management Authority Act 2014 in the circumstances of carrying out their functions under that Act or any other Act;

(n)an authorised officer within the meaning of the Victorian Fisheries Authority Act 2016 in the circumstances of carrying out their functions under that Act or any other Act;

(o)an officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals who has been approved as a general inspector under section 18 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 in the circumstances of carrying out their functions under that Act or any other Act;

(p)an employee of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals who has been appointed as a specialist inspector under section 18A of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 in the circumstances of carrying out their functions under that Act or any other Act;

(q)the sheriff within the meaning of the Sheriff Act 2009 in the circumstances of carrying out their functions under that Act or any other Act;

(r)the deputy sheriff within the meaning of the Sheriff Act 2009 in the circumstances of carrying out their functions under that Act or any other Act;

(s)a sheriff's officer within the meaning of the Sheriff Act 2009 in the circumstances of carrying out their functions under that Act or any other Act.".

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Endnotes

[1] Reg. 3: S.R. No. 61/2016 as amended by S.R. Nos 96/2018, 174/2018, 42/2021 and 169/2021.