Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 214

214 Consideration of application

Before deciding the application the judge must, in particular, and being mindful of the highly intrusive nature of a covert search warrant, consider the following—

(a) the nature and seriousness of the suspected offence or terrorism;

(b) the extent to which issuing the warrant would help prevent, detect or provide evidence of, the offence or terrorism;

(c) the benefits derived from any previous covert search warrants, search warrants or surveillance device warrants in relation to the relevant person or place;

(d) the extent to which police officers investigating the matter have used or can use conventional ways of investigation;

(e) how much the use of conventional ways of investigation would be likely to help in the investigation of the matter;

(f) how much the use of conventional ways of investigation would prejudice the investigation of the matter;

(g) any submissions made by a monitor.