New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT (CONTROLLED OPERATIONS) ACT 1997 - SECT 20C

20C Applications for authorities to conduct cross-border controlled operations

(1) An application under section 5 for an authority to conduct a proposed cross-border controlled operation:

(a) must be made to the chief executive officer of the law enforcement agency concerned, and

(b) must state that the proposed controlled operation is a cross-border controlled operation, and

(c) must specify (in place of the particulars required by section 5 (2A) (b)) the relevant offence in respect of which the proposed operation is to be conducted.

(2) Without limiting any regulations made under section 5 (2B), an urgent application for an authority to conduct a proposed cross-border controlled operation may be made only if the applicant has reason to believe that the delay caused by making a formal application may affect the success of the operation.

(3) Nothing in this Act prevents an application for an authority being made in respect of a cross-border controlled operation that has been the subject of a previous application, but in that case the subsequent application must be a formal application.

(4) As soon as practicable after making an urgent application for an authority to conduct a cross-border controlled operation, the applicant must make a record in writing of the application and give a copy of it to the chief executive officer.