Criminal Investigation (Covert Powers) Act 2012

In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears —

authorised operation means a controlled operation for which an authority is in force;

authority means an authority in force under Division 2, and includes any variation of such an authority and any retrospective authority granted under section 25;

civilian participant, in an authorised operation, means a participant in the operation who is not a law enforcement officer;

controlled conduct means conduct for which a person would, but for section 27 or 34, be criminally responsible;

controlled operation means a law enforcement operation that involves, or may involve, controlled conduct;

corresponding authorised operation means any operation in the nature of a controlled operation that is authorised by or under the provisions of a corresponding law;

corresponding authority means an authority authorising a controlled operation (within the meaning of that term in a corresponding law) that is in force under the corresponding law;

corresponding law means a law of another jurisdiction that corresponds to this Part, and includes a prescribed law of another jurisdiction;

corresponding participant means a person who is authorised by a corresponding authority to participate in a corresponding authorised operation;

Corruption and Crime Commission means the Corruption and Crime Commission established under the Corruption, Crime and Misconduct Act 2003;

cross‑border controlled operation has the meaning given in section 6;

formal application has the meaning given in section 10(2)(a);

formal authority has the meaning given in section 15(1)(a);

formal variation application has the meaning given in section 19(3)(a);

formal variation of authority has the meaning given in section 21(1)(a);

illicit goods means goods the possession of which is a contravention of the law of this jurisdiction in the circumstances of the particular case;

law enforcement participant, in an authorised operation, means a participant in the operation who is a law enforcement officer;

local controlled operation has the meaning given in section 7;

participant, in an authorised operation, means a person who is authorised under this Part to engage in controlled conduct for the purposes of the operation;

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

principal law enforcement officer, for an authorised operation, means the law enforcement officer who is responsible for the conduct of the operation;

relevant offence means —

sexual offence means —

suspect means a person reasonably suspected of having committed or being likely to have committed, or of committing or being likely to commit, a relevant offence;

urgent application has the meaning given in section 10(2)(b);

urgent authority has the meaning given in section 15(1)(b);

urgent variation application has the meaning given in section 19(3)(b);

urgent variation of authority has the meaning given in section 21(1)(b).

[Section 5 amended: No. 35 of 2014 s. 39; No. 23 of 2024 s. 456.]