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TERRORISM (COMMUNITY PROTECTION) ACT 2003 - SECT 37B

Regular inspections of records of Victoria Police

    (1)     The Victorian Inspectorate must inspect the records of Victoria Police no later than 6 months after the commencement of this section, and after that initial inspection at intervals of no longer than 6 months, in order to ascertain the extent to which police officers and protective services officers have complied with the following since the last inspection under this section of the records of Victoria Police

        (a)     Part 2 (Covert search warrants);

        (b)     Part 2AA (Preventative police detention);

        (c)     Part 3A (Special police powers).

    (2)     The Victorian Inspectorate, at any time, may inspect records of Victoria Police in order to ascertain the extent to which police officers and protective services officers have complied, during any period, with Part 2, 2AA or 3A.

    (3)     The Victorian Inspectorate must notify, in writing, the Chief Commissioner of the date or dates on which an inspection under subsection (1) will be conducted at least 7 days before the date or dates of inspection.

    (4)     After notifying the Chief Commissioner in accordance with subsection (3), the Victorian Inspectorate may enter any premises occupied by Victoria Police on the date or dates specified in the notice under that subsection for the purposes of an inspection under subsection (1).

    (5)     In addition, after notifying the Chief Commissioner, the Victorian Inspectorate may enter at any reasonable time premises occupied by Victoria Police for the purposes of an inspection under subsection (2).

    (6)     On entry into premises occupied by Victoria Police under subsection (4) or (5), the Victorian Inspectorate

        (a)     subject to section 37C(2), is entitled to have full and free access to all records of Victoria Police at, or accessible from, the premises that are relevant to the inspection; and

        (b)     subject to section 37C(3), may require a member of Victoria Police personnel at the premises to give the Victorian Inspectorate any information that the Victorian Inspectorate considers necessary, being information that is in the member's possession, or to which the member has access, and that is relevant to the inspection.

    (7)     The Chief Commissioner must ensure that members of Victoria Police personnel give the Victorian Inspectorate any assistance the Victorian Inspectorate reasonably requires to enable the Victorian Inspectorate to perform a function, or exercise a power, under subsection (1), (2), (4), (5) or (6).

    (8)     In this section—

"record "includes part of a record.

S. 37C inserted by No. 32/2018 s. 78.



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