Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        The Hon. Senator Chris Ellison, Senate Hansard, 29 November 2006, p.1.

[2]        The Hon. Senator Chris Ellison, Senate Hansard, 29 November 2006, p.1.

[3]        The Hon. Senator Chris Ellison, Senate Hansard, 29 November 2006, p.1.

Chapter 2 - Overview of the Bill

[1]        Most of this chapter is drawn from the Explanatory Memorandum to the Bill, and from the Second Reading Speech. As this chapter aims to summarise the provisions, further detail can usually be found in the EM.

[2]        Standing Committee of Attorneys-General and Australasian Police Ministers Council Joint Working Group on National Investigative Powers, Cross-Border Investigative Powers For Law Enforcement Report, November 2003, available at www.ag.gov.au under 'publications'.

[3]        Proposed section 15GE.

[4]        Proposed section 15GG.

[5]        Proposed section 15GH.

[6]        Proposed section 15GH.

[7]        Proposed sections 15GO-GU.

[8]        Proposed section 15GV.

[9]        Proposed sections 15GW, 15GX and 15H.

[10]      Proposed section 15HA.

[11]      Proposed sections 15HH to HT.

[12]      Proposed section 15HW.

[13]      Proposed section 15HY.

[14]      Proposed section 15HZ(2).

[15]      Except for authorities granted to intelligence officers which must be reviewed every three years.

[16]      Proposed sections 15JK-JL and 15JN - JR.

[17]      Proposed sections 15J-JY.

[18]      Proposed section 15KB.

[19]      Proposed section 15JZ and 15K.

[20]      'Law enforcement agency' is defined, as above, to include the AFP, ACC, ACLEI, ATO, Customs and any other Commonwealth agency specified by regulation, while 'intelligence agency' means ASIO and ASIS (proposed section 15KD).

[21]      Proposed section 15KI.

[22]      Proposed section 15KJ.

[23]      Proposed section 15KN.

[24]      Except in disciplinary proceedings against the decision-maker.

[25]      Proposed section 15KQ and KR.

[26]      Proposed section 15KW.

[27]      Proposed section 15KY and KZ.

[28]      Proposed section 3SL.

[29]      Proposed section 3SA.

[30]      Proposed section 3SD.

[31]      Proposed section 3SD.

[32]      An application for a delayed notification search warrant without an affidavit may be made if the applicant believes that it is impracticable for an affidavit to be prepared or sworn before the application is made or that any delay would frustrate the effective execution of the warrant.

[33]      Proposed section 3SE.

[34]      Proposed section 3SF.

[35]      Proposed section 3SG.

[36]      Proposed section 3SI.

[37]      Proposed section 3SI.

[38]      Proposed section 3ST.

[39]      Proposed section 3SU.

[40]      Proposed sections 3SV-SZ.

[41]      Proposed sections 3SZA-SZD.

[42]      Proposed section 3SZF.

[43]      Item 1.

[44]      Item 3.

[45]      Item 31.

[46]      Item 45.

[47]      Items 36, 37 and 41.

[48]      Item 43.

[49]      Item 19. Unlike Short Message Service (SMS) messages which are stored on the memory contained within the handset, voicemail messages for mobile phones are stored on computer servers held with the telecommunications company. There is therefore currently a requirement to obtain a communications warrant to access voicemail messages from a telephone seized under a search warrant.

Chapter 3 - Key issues

[1]        Federal Agent Lawler, Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 16.

[2]        Federal Agent Lawler, Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 16.

[3]        Mr Peter Webb, Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 3.

[4]        See section 15HB(1) of the Crimes Act 1914. Types of offences encompassed by the provisions are those punishable on conviction by imprisonment for three years or more, including such offences as theft, fraud, tax evasion, currency violations, controlled substances, illegal gambling, extortion, money laundering, perverting the course of justice, espionage, sabotage or threats to national security, people smuggling, and importation of prohibited imports or exportation of prohibited exports.

[5]        See, for example, Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 12; Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 30.

[6]        Mr Peter Webb, Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 4.

[7]        Submission 5A, p. 2.

[8]        Mr Peter Webb, Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 4.

[9]        Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, pp 2-3.

[10]      Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 19.

[11]      Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 19.

[12]      Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 3.

[13]      Ms Helen Donovan, Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 7.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 11.

[15]      Submission 5, p. 4.

[16]      Except in disciplinary proceedings against the decision-maker.

[17]      Mr Peter Webb, Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 3.

[18]      Queensland Police Service, Submission 3, p. 1.

[19]      Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 21.

[20]      Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 17.

[21]      Dr Thom and Mr Goodrick, Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, pp 12-13.

[22]      Submission 12, p. 1.

[23]      Section 6 of the Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003 (Vic) and section 27D of the Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Act (NT).

[24]      Section 212 of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld).

[25]      Submission 5, p. 5.

[26]      Proposed sections 3SY and 3SZF.

[27]      See Items 3, 4, 19, 25 and 26 of Schedule 3.

[28]      Submission 10, p.1.

[29]      Committee Hansard, 22 January 2007, p. 27.

[30]      Subsections 30(2) and (6) of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002.