Variations on authorising officer’s own initiative

Current

The authorising officer may vary an authority under section 17(1)(a) for any one or more of the following purposes —

(a)

to extend the period of validity of the authority (except as provided by section 17(2));

(b)

to authorise additional or alternative persons to engage in controlled conduct for the purposes of the operation;

(c)

to authorise participants in the operation to engage in additional or alternative controlled conduct;

(d)

to identify additional suspects (to the extent known);

(e)

if the principal law enforcement officer has changed since the authority was granted, to identify the new principal law enforcement officer.

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