Police Powers (Assumed Identities) Act 2006

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

acquire an assumed identity means acquire evidence of the identity and includes taking steps towards acquiring evidence of the identity;

agency means – an issuing agency; or a law enforcement agency;

Australian Crime Commission means the Australian Crime Commission established by the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 of the Commonwealth;

authorised civilian means a person (other than a law enforcement officer) who is authorised under an authority to acquire or use an assumed identity;

authorised officer means a law enforcement officer who is authorised under an authority to acquire or use an assumed identity;

authorised person means – an authorised civilian; or an authorised officer;

authority means an authority granted under section 6 to acquire or use an assumed identity, including the authority as varied under section 9;

chief officer, of – a law enforcement agency, means the person for the time being holding office as – in relation to the Police Service, the Commissioner of Police; or in relation to the Australian Crime Commission, the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission; or an issuing agency, means the chief executive officer (however described) of the agency;

conduct includes any act or omission;

corresponding authority means – an authority under a corresponding law to acquire or use an assumed identity in this jurisdiction; or an authority under a corresponding law to request the production of evidence of an assumed identity in this jurisdiction;

corresponding law means a law of another jurisdiction that corresponds to this Act, and includes a law of another jurisdiction that is declared by the regulations to correspond to this Act;

criminal activity means conduct that involves the commission of an offence by one or more persons;

doing a thing includes failing to do the thing;

evidence, of identity, means a document or other thing (such as a driver's licence, birth certificate, credit card or identity card) that evidences, indicates or supports, or can be used to evidence, indicate or support, a person's identity or any aspect of a person's identity;

government issuing agency, in relation to an authority, means an entity that – performs any function of the government of this jurisdiction; and is named in the authority;

issuing agency means – a government issuing agency; or a non-government issuing agency;

jurisdiction means the Commonwealth or a State or Territory of the Commonwealth;

law enforcement agency means – the Police Service; or the Australian Crime Commission;

law enforcement officer means – in relation to the Police Service, police officers; and in relation to the Australian Crime Commission, a member of staff of the Australian Crime Commission – and includes a person who is seconded to a law enforcement agency, including (but not limited to) a member of the police force or police service, and a police officer (however described), of another jurisdiction;

non-government issuing agency, in relation to an authority, means a person, body or entity (other than a government issuing agency) named in the authority that issues evidence of identity;

officer, of an agency, includes a person employed or engaged in the agency;

participating jurisdiction means a jurisdiction in which a corresponding law is in force;

Register has the same meaning as in the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999;

Registrar means the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages appointed and holding office under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999;

supervisor, of an authorised civilian, means the law enforcement officer who supervises or is to supervise the acquisition or use of an assumed identity by the authorised civilian;

this jurisdiction means Tasmania;

use an assumed identity includes representing (whether expressly or impliedly, or by saying or doing something) the identity to be real when it is not.