South Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (COVERT OPERATIONS) ACT 2009 (NO 7 OF 2009) - SECT 24

24—Requests from participating jurisdiction for evidence of assumed identity

        (1)         This section applies if—

            (a)         an authority under a corresponding law authorises a request—

                  (i)         to produce evidence of an assumed identity in this State; and

                  (ii)         to provide evidence of the assumed identity to the authorised person named in the authority; and

            (b)         the request is made to the chief officer of an issuing agency in this State; and

            (c)         the request specifies a reasonable period for compliance with the request.

        (2)         The chief officer of an issuing agency—

            (a)         in the case of a government issuing agency—must comply with any such request within the period specified in the request;

            (b)         in the case of a non-government issuing agency—may comply with any such request.

        (3)         The chief officer of an issuing agency that produces evidence of an assumed identity as the result of a request under this section must cancel the evidence if directed in writing to do so by the chief officer for the time being of the law enforcement agency that requested the evidence be produced.

        (4)         In this section—

"cancel" includes delete or alter an entry in a record of information.