Surveillance Devices Act 2016 (SA)

South Australia Surveillance Devices Act 2016 An Act to make provision relating to the use of surveillance devices; to provide for cross‑border recognition of warrants relating to surveillance devices; to repeal the Listening and Surveillance Devices Act 1972; and for other purposes.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 3 Interpretation Part 2—Regulation of installation, use and maintenance of surveillance devices Division 1—Installation, use and maintenance of surveillance devices 4 Listening devices 5 Optical surveillance devices 6 Listening devices and optical surveillance devices—public interest exception 7 Tracking devices 8 Data surveillance devices Division 2—Regulation of communication or publication of information or material derived from use of surveillance devices 9 Communication or publication of information or material—lawful interest 10 Communication or publication of information or material—public interest 11 Orders authorising use, communication or publication of certain information or material 12 Prohibition on communication or publication derived from use of surveillance device Part 3—Surveillance device warrants and surveillance device (emergency) authorities Division 1—Surveillance device (tracking) warrants 13 Application of Division 14 Application procedure 15 Surveillance device (tracking) warrant Division 2—Surveillance device (general) warrants 16 Application of Division 17 Usual application procedure 18 Remote application procedure 19 Surveillance device (general) warrant Division 3—Surveillance device (emergency) authorities 20 Application procedure 21 Surveillance device (emergency) authority 22 Application for confirmation of surveillance device (emergency) authority etc 23 Confirmation of surveillance device (emergency) authority etc Division 4—Recognition of corresponding warrants and authorities 24 Corresponding warrants 25 Corresponding emergency authorities Division 5—Miscellaneous 26 Management of records relating to surveillance device warrants etc 27 Limitations on use of information or material derived under this Part Part 4—Register, reports and records 28 Interpretation 29 Register 30 Reports and records 31 Control by investigating agencies of certain records, information and material 32 Inspection of records 33 Powers of review agency Part 5—Miscellaneous 34 Offence to wrongfully disclose information 35 Delegation 36 Possession etc of declared surveillance device 37 Power to seize surveillance devices etc 38 Imputing conduct to bodies corporate 39 Evidence 40 Forfeiture of surveillance devices 41 Regulations Schedule 1—Repeal and transitional provisions Part 4—Repeal and transitional provisions 4 Repeal and transitional provisions Legislative history