Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00841:section:30
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00841
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 30
Character Range: 173161–174352

30  Discontinuance of action before expiration of warrant
 (1) Subject to subsection (3), if the Director‑General is satisfied that the grounds on which a warrant under this Division was issued have ceased to exist, the Director‑General must, as soon as practicable:
 (a) inform the Attorney‑General of that fact; and
 (b) take such steps as are necessary to ensure that action under the warrant is discontinued.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), action under a warrant:
 (a) if the warrant is issued under section 26R—includes the recovery of a tracking device or any enhancement equipment in relation to the device; or
 (b) otherwise:
 (i) includes action under an authorisation given under an identified person warrant; but
 (ii) does not include the recovery of a surveillance device or any enhancement equipment in relation to the device.
 (3) If:
 (a) a surveillance device warrant was issued in relation to more than one of the matters mentioned in paragraph 26(2)(a); and
 (b) the grounds on which the warrant was issued continue to exist for at least one of those matters;
subsection (1) applies only in relation to the matters for which the grounds have ceased to exist.