South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts6—Application for authority
(1) A
law enforcement officer of a law enforcement agency may apply to the
chief officer of the law enforcement agency for an authority for the law
enforcement officer, or another person, to do either or both of the following:
(a)
acquire an assumed identity;
(b) use
an assumed identity.
(2) A separate
application must be made in respect of each assumed identity to be acquired or
used.
(3) An
application—
(a) must
be in writing in the form approved by the chief officer; and
(b) must
contain the following information:
(i)
the name of the applicant;
(ii)
the name of the person to be authorised to acquire or use
an assumed identity (if not the applicant);
(iii)
if the person to be authorised is not a law enforcement
officer—the name and rank or position of the person proposed to be
appointed as supervisor and an explanation of why it is necessary for a person
who is not a law enforcement officer to acquire or use the assumed identity;
(iv)
details of the proposed assumed identity;
(v)
reasons for the need to acquire or use an
assumed identity;
(vi)
to the extent known—details of the investigation or
intelligence gathering exercise in which the assumed identity will be used;
(vii)
details of the issuing agencies (if any) and the types of
evidence to be issued by them;
(viii)
details of any application to be made for an order under
section 12 in respect of the assumed identity.
(4) An applicant must
provide the chief officer with any other information required by the
chief officer for the purposes of determining the application.