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	Surveillance Devices Act 1999 TABLE OF PROVISIONS            Section Page    PART 1-PRELIMINARY    1.      Purposes    2.      Commencement    3.      Definitions    4.      Act binds the Crown    5.      Act not to apply to certain Commonwealth agents    PART 2-REGULATION OF INSTALLATION, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF SURVEILLANCE DEVICES    6.      Regulation of installation, use and maintenance of listening devices    7.      Regulation of installation, use and maintenance of optical surveillance devices    8.      Regulation of installation, use and maintenance of tracking devices    9.      Regulation of installation, use and maintenance of data surveillance devices by law enforcement officers    10.     Authority for assistance and for others to use surveillance devices    PART 3-RESTRICTION ON COMMUNICATION AND PUBLICATION OF PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS AND ACTIVITIES    11.     Prohibition on communication or publication of private conversations or activities    12.     Communication and publication of information from the use              of a data surveillance device    PART 4-AUTHORISATIONS FOR THE USE OF SURVEILLANCE DEVICES              Division 1-Warrants    13.     Types of warrant    14.     Which court may issue warrants?    15.     Application for warrant    16.     Telephone application    17.     Issue of warrant    18.     What a warrant authorises    19.     Revocation of warrant    20.     Report to court              Division 2-Assistance Orders    21.     Application for assistance order    22.     Assistance order    23.     Failure to comply with assistance order    24.     Existence and operation of assistance order not to be disclosed              Division 3-Emergency Authorisations    25.     Application for emergency authorisation    26.     Emergency authorisations    27.     Form and duration of emergency authorisation    28.     Report to court    29.     Information to be brought before court    30.     Court may direct use surveillance device to cease    PART 5-FURTHER OFFENCES AND ENFORCEMENT    31.     Unlawful interference with surveillance devices    32.     Offences by persons involved in management of bodies              corporate    33.     Search warrant    34.     Announcement before entry    35.     Copy of warrant to be given to occupier or person searched    PART 6-MISCELLANEOUS    36.     Dealing with records obtained by use of surveillance devices    37.     Annual reports    PART 7-REPEALS, TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS    38.     Repeal of Listening Devices Act 1969    39.     Transitional provisions    40.     Amendment of Evidence Act 1958 [ Note: This table has been automatically generated and may be incomplete. ] www.austlii.edu.au
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