Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person is guilty of an offence if the person:
(a) uses a listening device or optical surveillance device under section 43 or 44; and
(b) does not give a written report complying with subsection (2) to a Judge within 2 business days after starting to use the device.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year.
(2) The report must state the following:
(a) particulars of the device used;
(b) particulars of the use of the device and the period during which it was used;
(c) the name, if known, of any person whose private conversation was listened to, monitored or recorded or whose private activity was observed or visually recorded;
(d) the circumstances that caused the person to believe it was necessary to listen to, monitor or record the private conversation or observe or visually record the private activity;
(e) the general use made or to be made of any evidence or information obtained by use of the device.
(3) The Judge may direct any record of evidence or information obtained by the use of the device to which the report relates be brought before the Judge.
(4) A record of the evidence or information brought before the Judge must be kept in the custody of the Supreme Court.
(5) The Judge may order the record or information be returned, made available to any person or destroyed.