Crime and Corruption Act 2001

A commission officer may apply to the chairperson for an authority for the officer or another person to do either or both of the following—

acquire an assumed identity;

use an assumed identity.

A separate application must be made for each assumed identity to be acquired or used.

An application—

must be in writing in the form decided by the chairperson; and

must contain all of the following information—

the applicant’s name;

if a person other than the applicant is to be authorised to acquire or use an assumed identity—that person’s name;

if the person mentioned in subparagraph (ii) is not a commission officer—the name and rank or position of the person proposed to be appointed as supervisor, and an explanation of why it is necessary for a person who is not a commission officer to acquire or use the assumed identity;

details of the proposed assumed identity;

reasons for the need to acquire or use an assumed identity;

details, to the extent known, of the investigation or intelligence gathering exercise in which the assumed identity will be used;

details of any issuing agencies and the types of evidence to be issued by them.

The chairperson may require the applicant to give additional information about the application the chairperson considers appropriate for consideration of the application.