Summary Offences Act 1953

In any proceedings under this Part, a court—

must, on the application of the Commissioner, take steps to maintain the confidentiality of information classified by the Commissioner as criminal intelligence, including steps to receive evidence and hear argument about the information in private in the absence of the parties to the proceedings and their representatives; and

may take evidence consisting of or relating to information so classified by the Commissioner by way of affidavit of a senior police officer.

The

Commissioner may not delegate the function of classifying information as criminal intelligence for the purposes of this Act except to a

Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner of Police.