Victorian Current Acts

SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 1999 - SECT 1

The purposes of this Act are—

S. 1(a) amended by No. 26/2004 s. 4(a).

        (a)     to regulate the installation, use, maintenance and retrieval of surveillance devices;

S. 1(b) substituted by No. 26/2004 s. 4(b).

        (b)     to restrict the use, communication and publication of information obtained through the use of surveillance devices or otherwise connected with surveillance device operations;

S. 1(c) amended by No. 26/2004 s. 4(c).

        (c)     to establish procedures for law enforcement officers to obtain warrants or emergency authorisations for the installation, use, maintenance and retrieval of surveillance devices;

        (d)     to create offences relating to the improper installation or use of surveillance devices;

S. 1(e) substituted by No. 26/2004 s. 4(d).

        (e)     to impose requirements for the secure storage and destruction of records, and the making of reports to judges, magistrates and Parliament, in connection with surveillance device operations;

        (f)     to repeal the Listening Devices Act 1969 ;

S. 1(g) inserted by No. 26/2004 s. 4(e).

        (g)     to recognise warrants and emergency authorisations issued in other jurisdictions for the installation and use of surveillance devices.