South Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (COVERT OPERATIONS) ACT 2009 (NO 7 OF 2009) - SECT 13

13—Cancellation of authority affecting entry in register of births, deaths and marriages

        (1)         This section applies if—

            (a)         the chief officer of a law enforcement agency cancels an authority for an assumed identity; and

            (b)         there is an entry in relation to that identity—

                  (i)         in the Register under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 as a consequence of an order under section 12; or

                  (ii)         in a register of births, deaths or marriages in a participating jurisdiction as a consequence of an order under a corresponding law of the jurisdiction.

        (2)         If subsection (1)(b)(i) applies—

            (a)         the chief officer must, within 28 days after the day on which the authority is cancelled, apply to the Supreme Court for an order that the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages cancel the entry; and

            (b)         the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages must give effect to the order within 28 days after the day on which the order is made.

        (3)         An application under subsection (2)(a) must be heard in closed court.

        (4)         If subsection (1)(b)(ii) applies, the chief officer must apply for an order under the corresponding law to cancel the entry within 28 days after the day on which the authority is cancelled.