LECC Report: Covert Search Warrants & Preventative Detention Orders in NSW

January 2017 to June 2020 review of covert search warrants and preventative detention orders under the Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 in New South Wales. The report was published by the NSW Government and is available as a PDF document. It was last updated on the data_gov_au platform in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in the use of covert search warrants based on the described legal review.
• Studying the application of preventative detention orders under counter-terrorism laws.
• Reviewing legal oversight and reporting mechanisms for police powers in NSW.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 3.5-year period from January 2017 to June 2020.
• Focuses on two specific legal instruments: covert search warrants and preventative detention orders.
• Published by the authoritative NSW Government.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided only in PDF format, which may hinder structured analysis.

Provenance

Source

NSW Government

Collection Method

Legal review under the Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002.

Time Range

January 2017 - June 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 06:37:24.717623; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia