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Surveillance Devices Act 2004

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C2025C00037 (C57)

07 January 2025

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Part 1—Preliminary
Part 2—Warrants
Part 3—Emergency authorisations
Part 4—Use of certain surveillance devices without warrant
Part 5—Extraterritorial operation of warrants
Part 6—Compliance and monitoring
Part 7—Miscellaneous
Schedule 1—Amendment of other legislation and transitional and saving provisions
- Australian Federal Police Act 1979
- Customs Act 1901
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