Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00749:section:186a:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00749
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 186A (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 639653–641671

the Australian Federal Police—each authorisation made by an authorised officer of the Australian Federal Police under section 180C or 180D, and documents or other materials that indicate whether the authorisation was properly made, including whether the authorised officer took into account:
 (i) the matters referred to in subsection 180C(2), 180D(2) or 180E(1) (as the case requires); and
 (ii) the matters referred to in section 180F; and
 (iii) all other relevant considerations;
 (g) documents or other materials that indicate whether:
 (i) a disclosure of information or a document to which subsection 181B(1) or (2) applies took place in circumstances referred to in subsection 181B(3); or
 (ii) a use of information or a document to which subsection 181B(4) or (5) applies took place in circumstances referred to in subsection 181B(6); or
 (iii) a disclosure or use of information or a document to which subsection 182(1) applies took place in circumstances referred to in subsection 182(2), (2A), (3), (4) or (4A);
 (h) each evidentiary certificate issued under section 185C;
 (i) each report given to the Minister under section 186;
 (j) documents and other materials of a kind prescribed under subsection (2) of this section.
 (2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, prescribe kinds of documents and other materials that the chief officer of an enforcement agency must cause to be kept in the agency's records.
 (3) The period for which the chief officer of an enforcement agency must cause a particular item to be kept in the agency's records under subsection (1) of this section is the period:
 (a) starting when the item came into existence; and
 (b) ending:
 (i) when 3 years have elapsed since the item came into existence; or
 (ii) when the Ombudsman gives a report to the Minister under section 186J that is about records that include the item;
  whichever happens earlier.
 (4) Subsection (3) does not affect the operation of section 185.

Chapter 4A—Oversight by the Commonwealth Ombudsman