sec.427Authorisation by chairperson of immediate response function

### sec.427 Authorisation by chairperson of immediate response function This section applies if— before the commencement, the chairperson authorised, under section 55F, a crime investigation or the holding of an intelligence hearing (or both) in response to, or to prevent, a threat to public safety; and on the commencement, the investigation or hearing was not finalised. The investigation or hearing is taken to have been authorised by the reference committee under section 55D. s 427 ins 2016 No. 62 s 55 (sec.427-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, the chairperson authorised, under section 55F, a crime investigation or the holding of an intelligence hearing (or both) in response to, or to prevent, a threat to public safety; and on the commencement, the investigation or hearing was not finalised. (sec.427-ssec.2) The investigation or hearing is taken to have been authorised by the reference committee under section 55D. - (a) before the commencement, the chairperson authorised, under section 55F, a crime investigation or the holding of an intelligence hearing (or both) in response to, or to prevent, a threat to public safety; and - (b) on the commencement, the investigation or hearing was not finalised.