Crimes Act 1914

A formal authority must:

state the name and rank or position of the person granting the authority; and

identify the principal law enforcement officer for the controlled operation and, if the principal law enforcement officer is not the applicant for the authority, the name of the applicant; and

state that the application was a formal application; and

identify the nature of the criminal activity (including the relevant suspected offences) in respect of which the controlled conduct is to be engaged in; and

in the case of an integrity testing controlled operation authority—identify the integrity testing authority concerned; and

state the identity of the persons authorised to engage in controlled conduct for the purposes of the controlled operation; and

specify:

with respect to the law enforcement participants, the nature of the controlled conduct that those participants may engage in; and

with respect to the civilian participants, the particular controlled conduct (if any) that each such participant may engage in; and

identify (to the extent known) the person or persons targeted; and

specify the period of effect of the authority, being a period not exceeding 3 months; and

specify any conditions to which the conduct of the controlled operation is subject; and

state the date and time when the authority is granted; and

identify the following details (to the extent to which they are known and are relevant):

the nature and quantity of any illicit goods that will be involved in the controlled operation;

the foreign countries through which those goods are likely to pass in the course of the controlled operation;

the place or places at which those goods are likely to be dealt with by an officer of Customs;

if subparagraph (iii) does not apply—the place or places where those goods are likely to enter into Australia;

the time or times when, and the day or days on which, those goods are likely to be dealt with by an officer of Customs.

An urgent authority must:

state the name and rank or position of the person who granted the authority; and

identify the principal law enforcement officer for the controlled operation and, if the principal law enforcement officer is not the applicant for the authority, the name of the applicant; and

state whether the application was a formal application or an urgent application; and

identify the nature of the criminal activity (including the relevant suspected offences) in respect of which the controlled conduct is to be engaged in; and

in the case of an integrity testing controlled operation authority—identify the integrity testing authority concerned; and

state the identity of the persons authorised to engage in controlled conduct for the purposes of the controlled operation; and

specify:

with respect to the law enforcement participants, the nature of the controlled conduct that those participants may engage in; and

with respect to the civilian participants, the particular controlled conduct (if any) that each such participant may engage in; and

identify (to the extent known) the person or persons targeted; and

specify the period of effect of the authority, being a period not exceeding 7 days beginning on the day on which the authority was granted; and

specify any conditions to which the conduct of the operation is subject; and

state the date and time when the authority was granted.

A person is sufficiently identified for the purposes of paragraph (1)(e) or (2)(e) if the person is identified:

by an assumed name under which the person is operating; or

by a code name or code number;

An authority must not identify persons for the purposes of paragraph (1)(e) or (2)(e) by identifying a class of persons.