Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) The chief officer of a law enforcement agency must give a report to the Minister that includes the following information for each financial year:
(a) the number of applications for warrants by and the number of warrants issued to law enforcement officers of the agency during the year;
(b) the number of applications for emergency authorisations by and the number of emergency authorisations given to law enforcement officers of the agency during the year;
(c) the number of remote applications for warrants by law enforcement officers of the agency during the year;
(d) the number of applications for warrants or emergency authorisations by law enforcement officers of the agency that were refused during the year, and the reasons for refusal;
(e) the number of applications for extensions of warrants by law enforcement officers of the agency during the year, the number of extensions granted or refused and the reasons why they were granted or refused;
(f) the number of arrests made by law enforcement officers of the agency during the year on the basis (wholly or partly) of information obtained by the use of a surveillance device under a warrant or emergency authorisation;
(g) the number of prosecutions that were started in this jurisdiction during the year in which information obtained by the use of a surveillance device under a warrant or emergency authorisation was given in evidence and the number of the prosecutions in which a person was found guilty;
(h) any other information relating to the use of surveillance devices and the administration of this Act the Minister considers appropriate.
(2) The information mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b) must be presented in a way that shows the number of warrants issued and emergency authorisations given for each different kind of surveillance device.
(3) The report must be given to the Minister within 3 months after the end of the financial year.
(4) The Minister must, within 7 sitting days after receiving the report, table a copy of it in the Legislative Assembly.