Consolidated practice directions

5. Applications under Section 24 
 
5.1 
Paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Practice Direction apply, with necessary 
modifications, to an application under s 24 for a covert search warrant 
except that: 
(a) 
the application must comply with s 24(3); 
(b) 
the procedure must comply with s 25; 
(c) 
the issue of the warrant is to be in accordance with s 26. 
5.2 
Where the applicant is to proceed by way of remote communication, 
the applicant must first contact the Court Officer, normally by 
telephone: 
(a) 
to give notice of a pending application; 
(b) 
to make arrangements for a Judge to hear the application; 
(c) 
to inform the Court Officer whether there are multiple 
applications and whether a particular Judge has previously had 
the conduct of the pending application or related applications; 
(d) 
to explain briefly the circumstances which requires the 
application to proceed by way of remote communication; 
(e) 
to inform the Court Officer of the name of the applicant. 

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9. Specialised Procedures
PD 9.18 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
5.3 
The Court Officer shall make arrangements for a Judge to hear the 
application and, in conjunction with the Associate to the Judge 
nominated to hear the application, make the necessary arrangements 
for telecommunications links and the fax transmission of documents 
or the like. The Associate to the Judge shall then inform the applicant 
about those arrangements. 
6. Reports under Section 28 
 
6.1 
A written report required by s 28 is to be contained in, or exhibited to, 
an affidavit sworn by the authorised applicant or a replacement police 
officer (who has been nominated by the Commissioner in accordance 
with s 28(2A)). 
6.2 
Before delivering the report the applicant must contact the Court 
Officer, normally by telephone, to give notice of a pending delivery. 
6.3 
The applicant shall deliver the report to the Court Officer in a sealed 
envelope, marked with the name of the Judge who heard the original 
application, the application number, and a note that in his or her 
absence, the envelope is to be delivered to the Chief Justice. 
6.4 
The relevant Court Officer, on the direction of the Judge or Chief 
Justice, will issue a receipt for the report.