Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 15GS

  (1)   A variation of an authority by an appropriate authorising officer (whether formal or urgent) must:

  (a)   identify the controlled operation to which the authority relates; and

  (b)   state the name and rank or position of the person varying the authority; and

  (c)   if the authority was varied on an application made under section   15GP, state:

  (i)   the name of the applicant; and

  (ii)   whether the application was a formal variation application or an urgent variation application; and

  (d)   state the date and time when the variation of authority is or was granted; and

  (e)   describe the variation having regard to the matters referred to in subsection   15GO(2); and

  (f)   if the variation extends the period of effect of a formal authority--state the period of the extension.

  (2)   For the purposes of paragraph   (1)(f), the period of the extension must not exceed:

  (a)   in the case of a formal variation of authority--the period that would result in the period of effect of the authority exceeding 3 months (including any previous extensions); and

  (b)   in the case of an urgent variation of authority--the lesser of:

  (i)   7 days; and

  (ii)   a period that would result in the period of effect of the authority exceeding 3 months (including any previous extensions).