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LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY (ASSUMED IDENTITIES) ACT 1998 - SECT 3

Definitions

3 Definitions

In this Act:
"assumed identity approval" means an approval under this Act to acquire and use an assumed identity.
"authorised agency" means each of the following:

(a) the NSW Police Force,
(b) the Independent Commission Against Corruption,
(c) the New South Wales Crime Commission,
(d) the Police Integrity Commission,
(d1) the Department of Corrective Services,
(e) such of the following agencies as may be prescribed by the regulations as authorised agencies for the purposes of this Act:
(i) the Australian Federal Police,
(ii) the Australian Crime Commission,
(iii) the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation,
(iv) the Australian Secret Intelligence Service,
(v) the Australian Customs Service,
(vi) the Australian Taxation Office.
"chief executive officer" means the person for the time being holding office or acting as:
(a) in relation to the NSW Police Force, the Commissioner of Police, or
(b) in relation to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Commissioner for that Commission, or
(c) in relation to the New South Wales Crime Commission, the Commissioner for that Commission, or
(d) in relation to the Police Integrity Commission, the Commissioner for that Commission, or
(d1) in relation to the Department of Corrective Services, the Commissioner of Corrective Services, or
(e) in relation to an agency prescribed by the regulations as an authorised agency for the purposes of this Act, the officer prescribed by the regulations as the chief executive officer of the agency.
"evidence of identity" means a document or other thing (such as a driver licence, birth certificate, credit card or identity card) that evidences or indicates, or can be used to evidence or indicate, a person’s identity or any aspect of a person’s identity.
"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.
"function" includes a power, authority or duty.
"government body" means each of the following:
(a) a department, office, commission, board, person, corporation, agency, service or instrumentality, exercising any function of any branch of the Government of the State,
(b) any body, office, person or institution that exercises any public functions and that is declared by the regulations to be a government body for the purposes of this Act.
"identity" means name, address or date of birth, or such other aspects of a person’s identity as may be prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
"officer" includes agent and employee, and any person exercising the functions of officer, agent or employee.
"private body" means any body, office, person or institution that is not a government body.


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