Northern Territory Numbered Acts

INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONER AGAINST CORRUPTION (CONSEQUENTIAL AND RELATED AMENDMENTS) ACT 2018 (NO 3 OF 2018) - SECT 53

(1)     Section 21(2), after "be issued"

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to a law enforcement officer

(2)     After section 21(2)

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    (3)     In deciding whether a surveillance device warrant should be issued to an ICAC officer, the Judge must have regard to the following:

    (a)     the nature and gravity of the alleged improper conduct for which the warrant is sought, including the extent to which the alleged improper conduct is a serious breach of public trust;

    (b)     the extent to which anyone's privacy is likely to be affected;

    (c)     the existence of any alternative way of obtaining the evidence or information sought to be obtained and the extent to which that way may assist or prejudice the investigation (as defined in section 4 of the ICAC Act);

    (d)     the evidentiary or intelligence value of any information sought to be obtained;

    (e)     any previous warrant sought or issued under this Division or a corresponding law (if known) in relation to the same conduct.