Information about directions and warrants issued under the Interception legislation

Copies of any records or part of records, including internal reports or Minutes, relating to the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Amendment Act, 2010 and/or the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act, 2002 (the Interception legislation, also known as RICA):
1. In relation to interception directions under the Interception legislation by each financial or calendar year that is available for the period from the earliest date of commencement of the Interception legislation (also known as the fixed date under the Interception legislation) to 31 July 2013:
• The different types of interception directions able to be granted
• The different type of offences for non compliance with an interception direction and for unlawful interceptions of communications
• The number of interception directions requested, granted or modified, set out by agency that applied for the direction (where that information in relation to each agency is available - noting these numbers are sought even if they are not available in relation to each agency)
• The average cost to applicants in obtaining an interception direction
• The overall annual budget allocated within the department for administering interception directions
• The annual average number of employees in the department with responsibilities that include administering interception directions
• The types of surveillance used in interception directions
• The number of each of the prosecutions, convictions, arrests and penalties imposed as a result of the successful use of an interception direction, set out by agency that applied for that direction (where that information in relation to each agency is available - noting these numbers are sought even if they are not available in relation to each agency)
2. In relation to each of the real-time communication-related directions and archive communication-related interception directions and decryption directions and entry warrants under the Interception legislation by each financial or calendar year that is available for the period from the earliest date of commencement of the Interception legislation (also known as the ‘fixed date’ under the Interception legislation) to 31 July 2013:
• The number of each type of direction or warrant requested, granted or modified, set out by agency that applied for the direction or warrant (where that information in relation to each agency is available - noting these numbers are sought even if they are not available in relation to each agency)
• The number of each of the prosecutions, convictions, arrests and penalties imposed as a result of the successful use of each type of direction or warrant, set out by agency that applied for that direction or warrant (where that information in relation to each agency is available - noting these numbers are sought even if they are not available in relation to each agency)
3. Any directives issued by the designated judge to supplement the procedure for making applications for the issuing of any type of direction or entry warrant.
4. The number of each of the prosecutions, convictions, arrests and penalties imposed as a result of as a result of information gained from SIM card (or cell phone) registrations by each financial or calendar year that is available for the period from the earliest date of commencement of that part of the Interception legislation to 31 July 2013.