Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 289

289 Order authorising creation of birth certificate for assumed identity under corresponding authority

(1) The chief executive officer of a law enforcement agency under a corresponding law may apply to the Supreme Court for an order (a
"birth certificate approval" ) authorising a named law enforcement officer of the agency to create a birth certificate for an assumed identity under a corresponding authority.

(2) Also, the chief executive officer of an intelligence agency may apply to the Supreme Court for an order (also a
"birth certificate approval" ) authorising a named intelligence officer of the agency to create a birth certificate for an assumed identity under a corresponding authority.

(3) The Supreme Court may make the order only if satisfied the order is justified having regard to the nature of the activities undertaken or to be undertaken by the law enforcement officer, intelligence officer or other person under the corresponding authority.

(4) The Supreme Court must hear the application in the absence of anyone other than the following—

(a) the applicant;

(b) someone the court permits to be present;

(c) a lawyer representing anyone mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) .

(5) The order has effect for the time stated in the order of not more than 28 days.