
Surveillance Devices Act 1998
Surveillance Devices Amendment Regulations 2025
Western Australia
Surveillance Devices Amendment Regulations 2025
Contents
1.Citation1
2.Commencement1
3.Regulations amended1
4.Regulation 6 amended1
Surveillance Devices Act 1998
Surveillance Devices Amendment Regulations 2025
Made by the Governor in Executive Council.
These regulations come into operation as follows —
(a)regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;
(b)the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.
These regulations amend the Surveillance Devices Regulations 1999.
(1)After regulation 6(1)(da) insert:
(db)by a police officer or police employee, in a Border Search Area, to identify devices that emit radio waves, for the purpose of monitoring patterns of movement or behaviour that indicate criminal activity;
(2)After regulation 6(1) insert:
(1A)For the purposes of subregulation (1)(db), the Commissioner of Police may designate in writing an employee, or a class of employee, of the department principally assisting the Minister in the administration of the Act.
(3)In regulation 6(4) insert in alphabetical order:
Border Search Area has the meaning given in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 section 20N(1);
police employee means an employee, or a person who is of a class of employee, designated under subregulation (1A);
N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council
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