South Australian Current Acts

SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 2016 - SECT 32

32—Inspection of records

A review agency for an investigating agency—

            (a)         may, at any time, and must, at least once in each period of 6 months, inspect the records of the agency for the purpose of ascertaining the extent of compliance with this Act; and

            (b)         must, not later than 2 months after completion of each such inspection, report in writing to the Minister on the results of the inspection.

Note—

Under section 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Ombudsman is required to inspect the records of the ACC to determine the extent of the ACC's compliance with this Act. Under section 61 of that Act, the Commonwealth Ombudsman is required to report the results of the inspection to the Commonwealth Minister, lay the report before the Commonwealth Parliament and send a copy of the report to the Minister administering this Act.