Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 15KI

  (1)   This section applies if an authority granted under section   15KB authorises a request under this section.

  (2)   The person specified in subsection   (2A) may request the chief officer of an issuing agency stated in the authority to:

  (a)   produce evidence of an assumed identity in accordance with the authority; and

  (b)   give evidence of the assumed identity to the following:

  (i)   the authorised person named in the authority;

  (ii)   an officer of the law enforcement agency or the intelligence agency specified by the chief officer of that agency in the request.

Note:   Section   15KW modifies the effect of this provision if control of the authority is transferred.

  (2A)   For the purposes of subsection   (2), the person who may make the request is:

  (a)   the chief officer of a law enforcement agency who granted the authority; or

  (b)   the chief officer of an intelligence agency (other than the Office of National Intelligence or the Australian Signals Directorate) who granted the authority; or

  (c)   if the chief officer of the Office of National Intelligence granted the authority--the chief officer of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation or the Australian Secret Intelligence Service; or

  (d)   if the chief officer of the Australian Signals Directorate granted the authority--the chief officer of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation or the Australian Secret Intelligence Service.

  (3)   The request must state a reasonable period for compliance with the request.

  (4)   The request must include:

  (a)   the date of the authority granted under section   15KB; and

  (b)   details of the assumed identity authorised; and

  (c)   details of any evidence of the assumed identity that may be acquired under the authority.

  (5)   A request must not be made under this section for an entry in a register of births, deaths or marriages.

  (6)   In this section:

"evidence" means evidence similar to that ordinarily produced or given by the issuing agency.

Note:   The chief officer may delegate functions under this section--see section   15LH.