Public notification of Handheld Wanding Scanners

Please note Legislative changes that came into effect on 30 October 2024 in the Police Administrative Act 1978 removed the requirement to publish the hand held scanner authorities. Therefore, the public notices will no longer be published here.

The 2023 implementation of the Hand Held Scanning (Wanding) legislation in the Police Administration Act 1983, brought with it the following obligation for public reporting on the website:

116KK Notice of hand held scanner authority to be published

(1) The Commissioner must publish notice of a hand held scanner authority on the Agency's website within 2 months after the authority is issued.

(2) The notice must include the following information:

(a) a description of the suspected offence area, or the name of the high risk area or public transport facility, for which the hand held scanner authority was issued;

(b) the day and time the authority started and ended;

(c) information about:

(i) the offence or offences mentioned in section 116KB(3)(a) that were known to the Commissioner or approved member who issued the authority; and

(ii) the consideration by the Commissioner or approved member of the matters mentioned in section 116KB(3)(b) and (c) in relation to issuing the authority;

(d) for an authority issued for a suspected offence area – the grounds for the Commissioner's suspicion mentioned in section 116KB(1).

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