15XL Authorising person may request agencies and bodies to issue evidence of assumed identities etc.
An authorising person who issues an authorisation may request an issuing agency that is specified in the authorisation under paragraph 15XI(2)(f) to issue evidence of an assumed identity covered by the authorisation to the approved officer or approved person.
15XM Requesting Commonwealth agencies to issue evidence of assumed identities etc.
(1) An issuing agency of the Commonwealth that receives a request under section 15XL from an authorising person in a Commonwealth participating agency must comply with the request.
(2) An issuing agency of the Commonwealth that receives such a request from an authorising person in a State or Territory participating agency may comply with the request, but does not have to do so.
15XN Requesting non-government bodies to issue evidence of assumed identities etc.
An issuing agency that is a non-government body that receives a request under section 15XL may comply with the request, but does not have to do so.
Note: Only Commonwealth participating agencies can request
non-government bodies to issue evidence of an assumed identity.
15XO Cancelling evidence of assumed identities etc.
An issuing agency that has issued evidence of an assumed identity because of a request under section 15XL, must cancel the evidence (including by deleting or altering an entry in a record of information) on the written request of:
(a) the authorising person who made the request; or
(b) any other authorising person in the same participating agency.
15XP Protection from criminal liability
An employee in an issuing agency, who engages in conduct that, apart from this section, would constitute an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory, is not criminally responsible for the offence if the employee engages in the conduct in responding to the request in the course of duty.
