New South Wales Consolidated Acts

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

20G Variation of authorities

(1) An authority to conduct a cross-border controlled operation may be varied under section 10 by the chief executive officer at any time on the chief executive officer’s own initiative (as well as on application under that section).

(2) An application for a variation of an authority to conduct a cross-border controlled operation may be made (and an application may be granted) for the purpose (in addition to the purposes specified in section 10 (1)) of identifying additional suspects (to the extent known).

(3) Section 10 (1A) is to be construed, in respect of a variation of an authority to conduct a cross-border controlled operation, as if the period of 6 months specified in that subsection were a period of 3 months.

(4) A variation cannot be made that has the effect of extending the period of validity of an urgent authority in respect of a cross-border controlled operation.

(5) An urgent application for a variation of 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.