South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE) ACT 2012 (NO 19 OF 2012) - SECT 9

9—Amendment of section 28A—Criminal intelligence

        (1)         Section 28A(5a) to (5h)—delete subsections (5a) to (5h) (inclusive) and substitute:

        (5a)         In any proceedings under this Act, the Commissioner, the Court or the Supreme Court—

            (a)         must, on the application of the Commissioner of Police, take steps to maintain the confidentiality of information classified by the Commissioner of Police as criminal intelligence, including steps to receive evidence and hear argument about the information in private in the absence of the parties to the proceedings and their representatives; and

            (b)         may take evidence consisting of or relating to information so classified by the Commissioner of Police by way of affidavit of a police officer of or above the rank of superintendent.

        (2)         Section 28A(7)—delete subsection (7)