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Surveillance Devices Act 2004

No. 152, 2004

Compilation No. 57

Compilation date: 7 January 2025

                Includes amendments: Act No. 110, 2024

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 7 January 2025 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

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Editorial changes

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Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the Register for the compiled law.

Self‑repealing provisions

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Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Purposes
4 Relationship to other laws and matters
5 Schedule(s)
6 Definitions
6A Law enforcement agencies
6B Authorisation of law enforcement officer
6C When a Part 5.3 supervisory order is taken to be in force
6D Succeeding Part 5.3 supervisory orders
6E When a community safety supervision order is taken to be in force
6F Succeeding community safety supervision order
7 State offence that has a federal aspect
7A Criminal network of individuals
8 External Territories
9 Binding the Crown
Part 2—Warrants
Division 1—Introduction
10 Types of warrant
11 Who may issue etc. warrants?
12 Eligible Judges
13 Nominated ART members
Division 2—Surveillance device warrants
14 Application for surveillance device warrant
15 Remote application
16 Determining the application
17 What must a surveillance device warrant contain?
18 What a surveillance device warrant authorises
19 Extension and variation of surveillance device warrant
20 Revocation of surveillance device warrant
21 Discontinuance of use of surveillance device under warrant
Division 3—Retrieval warrants
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