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Crime and Corruption Act 2001
sec.146MEvidentiary provision
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### sec.146M Evidentiary provision
In a proceeding, a certificate of the chairperson stating any of the following is evidence of the things it states—
at a stated time a stated person was an approving officer for this Act;
at a stated time a stated person was a covert operative;
on a stated day a stated person approved the conduct of a stated controlled operation or controlled activity;
on a stated day a stated person varied an approval for a stated controlled operation in a stated way.
For subsection (1) (b) , it is enough to state an assumed name or code name in the certificate if the actual identity of the covert operative is included in a register kept for the purpose by the chairperson.
s 146M ins 2005 No. 45 s 69
amd 2014 No. 21 s 94 (1) sch 1 ; 2016 No. 19 s 45 (1)
(sec.146M-ssec.1) In a proceeding, a certificate of the chairperson stating any of the following is evidence of the things it states— at a stated time a stated person was an approving officer for this Act; at a stated time a stated person was a covert operative; on a stated day a stated person approved the conduct of a stated controlled operation or controlled activity; on a stated day a stated person varied an approval for a stated controlled operation in a stated way.
(sec.146M-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (b) , it is enough to state an assumed name or code name in the certificate if the actual identity of the covert operative is included in a register kept for the purpose by the chairperson.
- (a) at a stated time a stated person was an approving officer for this Act;
- (b) at a stated time a stated person was a covert operative;
- (c) on a stated day a stated person approved the conduct of a stated controlled operation or controlled activity;
- (d) on a stated day a stated person varied an approval for a stated controlled operation in a stated way.