Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts If an authorised
person does something (whether in this jurisdiction or elsewhere) that, apart
from this section, would be an offence, the person is not criminally
responsible for the offence if —
(a) the
thing is done in the course of acquiring or using an assumed identity in
accordance with an authority; and
(b) the
thing is done —
(i)
in the case of an authorised officer, in the course of
his or her duty; or
(ii)
in the case of an authorised civilian, in accordance with
any direction by his or her supervisor under the authority;
and
(c)
doing the thing would not be an offence if the assumed identity were the
person’s real identity.