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Crimes (Search Warrant) Amendment Regulations 2015

S.R. No. 138/2015

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Commencement

4Form of search warrant

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2015

S.R. No. 138/2015

Crimes Act 1958

Crimes (Search Warrant) Amendment Regulations 2015

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 24 November 2015

Responsible Minister:

MARTIN PAKULA
Attorney-General

ANDREW ROBINSON

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the form of search warrant in the Crimes (Search Warrant) Regulations 2014 as a consequence of the enactment of section 465AAA of the Crimes Act 1958.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 465(4) of the Crimes Act 1958.

3Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 1 December 2015.

4Form of search warrant

In the Schedule to the Crimes (Search Warrant) Regulations 2014[1], after "on the following conditions:" insert—

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*Authority to give a direction under section 465AAA(2) of the Crimes Act 1958

A police officer executing this warrant may direct—

[Name of specified person or persons]

of

[Address or addresses]

to provide any information or assistance that is reasonable and necessary to allow the police officer to—

* access data held in, or accessible from, a computer or data storage device that—

* is on warrant premises; or

* has been seized under this warrant and is at a place other than warrant premises;

* copy to another data storage device data held in, or accessible from, a computer or data storage device that—

* is on warrant premises; or

* has been seized under this warrant and is at a place other than warrant premises;

* convert into documentary form or another form intelligible to a police officer—

* data held in, or accessible from, a computer or data storage device that—

* is on warrant premises; or

* has been seized under this warrant and is at a place other than warrant premises; or

* data held in a data storage device to which the data was copied in accordance with a direction given by authority of this warrant.".

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Endnotes

[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 137/2014.