(1) The chief officer of an agency referred to in subsection 7(8) must give to the Minister a written report concerning:
(a) an emergency interception action taken by an officer of the agency that, because of the operation of subsection 7(6A), took place without a warrant under Part 2 - 5; and
(b) an emergency interception action taken by an officer of the agency in respect of which an application for a warrant was made under Part 2 - 5 and refused.
(2) The chief officer of the agency must give the report within 3 months after:
(a) in the case set out in paragraph (1)(a)--the date on which the action ceased; and
(b) in the case set out in paragraph (1)(b)--the date on which the application was refused.
(3) The report must contain the following information:
(a) if an interception occurred:
(i) the date and time at which the interception began; and
(ii) the duration of the interception;
(b) if there was no interception but action had been taken to cause a communication to be intercepted--details of the action taken;
(c) the circumstances that led the officer concerned to believe that the conditions of subsection 7(4) or (5) were satisfied;
(d) in the case set out in paragraph (1)(a)--the reasons it was not practicable to apply for a warrant under Part 2 - 5 in relation to the action;
(e) in the case set out in paragraph (1)(b)--the reasons the judge or nominated AAT member refused the application if the reasons are known;
(f) information about the use made by the agency of information obtained by the interception;
(g) information about the communication of such information to persons other than officers of the agency;
(h) the number of arrests that have been, or are likely to be, made on the basis of such information;
(i) an assessment of the usefulness of information obtained by the interception.
"emergency interception action" means an interception done under subsection
7(4) or (5) or action taken under one of those subsections to cause an
interception to occur.