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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (COVERT POWERS) ACT 2012 - SECT 53

53 .         Yearly review of formal authority

        (1)         The authorising officer must periodically review each formal authority granted by the authorising officer or a delegate of the authorising officer under this Part.

        (2)         A review of a formal authority under this section is to be conducted at least once every 12 months.

        (3)         The purpose of a review is to determine whether use of the assumed identity under the formal authority is still necessary.

        (4)         If the authorising officer is satisfied on a review that use of the assumed identity under the formal authority is no longer necessary, he or she must cancel the authority under section 52.

        (5)         If the authorising officer is satisfied on a review that use of the assumed identity under the formal authority is still necessary, he or she must record his or her opinion, and the reasons for it, in writing.



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