"authority" means an authority in force under Part 2, and includes any
variation of such an authority and any retrospective authority granted under
section 14.
"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, and
(b) in relation to the Independent Commission Against Corruption,
the Chief Commissioner of that Commission, and
(c) in relation to the New
South Wales Crime Commission, the Commissioner for that Commission, and
(d)
in relation to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, the Chief Commissioner
of that Commission, and
(e) such
of the following agencies as may be prescribed by the regulations as law
enforcement agencies for the purposes of this Act--
(i) the Australian Federal
Police,
(ii) the Australian Crime Commission,
(iii) the Commonwealth
Department of Immigration and Border Protection.
"law enforcement officer" means--
(a) an officer or employee of a
law enforcement agency or a person who is seconded to such an agency,
including (but not limited to) a police officer, or
(b) a member of a police
force or police service (however described) of another State, a Territory or
another country.
"participant" in an authorised operation means a person who is authorised
under this Act to engage in controlled activities for the purposes of the
operation.
"participating jurisdiction" means a jurisdiction in which a corresponding law
is in force.
"Presiding Officer" , in relation to a House of Parliament, means the
President of the Legislative Council or the Speaker of the Legislative
Assembly.
Note : Subsection (2) is intended to cover the situation
where an officer of this jurisdiction is conducting an operation in another
jurisdiction for the purposes of obtaining evidence of an offence in
this jurisdiction (for example, a NSW officer is investigating a conspiracy to
import drugs into NSW from Victoria, and the operation is to be conducted
wholly in Victoria).
(3) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this
Act.