Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act 1997

An application under section 5 for an authority to conduct a proposed cross-border controlled operation—

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.