Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00037:section:49a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00037
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 49A
Character Range: 336367–337711

49A  Notification to Ombudsman in relation to Part 5.3 warrants or Part 9.10 warrants
 (1) Within 6 months after a Part 5.3 warrant or a Part 9.10 warrant is issued in response to an application by a law enforcement officer of a law enforcement agency, the chief officer of the agency must:
 (a) notify the Ombudsman that the warrant has been issued; and
 (b) give the Ombudsman a copy of the warrant.
 (2) As soon as practicable after the law enforcement agency, or a law enforcement officer of the law enforcement agency, contravenes any of the following conditions or provisions, the chief officer of the agency must notify the Ombudsman of the contravention:
 (a) a condition specified in the warrant;
 (b) any of the following provisions, to the extent that they relate to the warrant:
 (i) subsection 20(2);
 (ii) subsection 27G(2);
 (iii) section 45;
 (iv) subsection 46(1);
 (c) section 46A;
 (ca) section 46B;
 (d) subsection 50A(4).
 (3) A failure to comply with subsection (1) or (2) does not affect the validity of the warrant.
 (4) This section applies in relation to a tracking device authorisation given on the basis of a Part 5.3 supervisory order, or a community safety supervision order, that is or was in force in the same way as this section applies in relation to a surveillance device warrant or computer access warrant.