Consolidated practice directions

3. 
Applications under Section 7 
 
3.1. 
Application is to be made by affidavit, accompanied by: 
(a) 
a draft warrant; 
(b) 
a copy of the warrant; or 
(c) 
a copy of details which were recorded contemporaneously with 
the issue of an oral warrant. 

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9. Specialised Procedures
PD 9.18 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
3.2 
Before presenting any documents the applicant must 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 or related applications; 
(d) 
to inform the Court Officer whether the applicant proposes to 
exhibit videotape or other recordings to the affidavit so that (if 
necessary) arrangements can be made for the Judge to view or 
hear the recordings before the application is heard. 
3.3 
The affidavit and any relevant documents or things must be delivered 
in a sealed envelope to the Associate to the Judge who the Court 
Officer advises the applicant is the Judge who will hear the 
application.
3.4 
The Associate will advise the applicant of the time and the place 
nominated for the hearing. 
4. 
Applications under Section 7 - Hearing and Subsequent Activity 
4.1. 
The application shall be heard by the Judge without notice being given 
to any person the subject of the application in private chambers. No 
person (including members of the Judge's personal staff) who is not 
the applicant or a representative of the applicant may be present 
during the hearing.
4.2 
At the conclusion of the hearing the Judge will: 
(a) 
either note approval of the issue of the warrant or provide 
reasons (oral or in writing) for refusing to approve the issue of 
the warrant; and 
(b) hand to the applicant or the applicant's representative either the 
note of approval or the written reasons for refusal (if any), the 
warrant (if any), the affidavit and any other documents or 
things on which the applicant relied. 

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9. Specialised Procedures
PD 9.18 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
4.3 
The Court will not retain any copies of either the note of approval or 
the written reasons for refusal (if any), of the warrant (if any), of the 
affidavit and of any other documents or things on which the applicant 
relied. The Judge will retain documents related to the application, at 
his or her discretion. 
4.4 
Any notes made by the Judge will be securely retained by the Judge in 
a sealed envelope. 
4.5 
An envelope containing documents in accordance with the above 
paragraphs is not open to inspection by any person other than as 
required or authorised by law.