17—Usual application procedure
(1) An officer of
an investigating agency may, for the purposes of an investigation by the
agency, apply to a judge for a surveillance device (general) warrant
authorising 1 or more of the following:
(a) the
use of 1 or more surveillance devices (including a tracking device);
(b)
entry to or interference with any premises as reasonably required for the
purposes of installing, using, maintaining or retrieving 1 or more
surveillance devices;
(c)
interference with any vehicle or thing as reasonably required for the purposes
of installing, using, maintaining or retrieving 1 or more
surveillance devices.
(2) An
officer of an investigating agency may, for the purposes of an investigation
by the agency, apply to a judge for the variation or renewal of a
surveillance device (general) warrant.
(3) Subject to
section 18, an application must be made by—
(a)
providing a judge with an application in writing; and
(b)
appearing personally before the judge.
(i)
the name of the applicant and the investigating agency to
which the applicant belongs; and
(ii)
the applicant's rank or position in that agency; and
(iii)
if the applicant is not to be the officer primarily
responsible for executing the warrant—the name of the
responsible officer; and
(iv)
whether the applicant or responsible officer (or both)
are to be identified in the warrant under a code name; and
(v)
the nature and duration of the warrant sought, including
the kind of surveillance device to which the warrant relates; and
(vi)
the grounds on which the warrant, or variation or renewal
of the warrant, is sought; and
(b) must
be accompanied by an affidavit verifying the application.
(5) The judge to whom
an application is made may require further information to be given in relation
to the application.