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Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act 2012
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#### 28A Definitions
28A Definitions
> In this Part—
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> court staff includes a judge’s associate, a police officer or other officer providing Court security, a Court reporter and any other person ordinarily used by the Court for the conduct of proceedings.
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> criminal intelligence application means an application under Division 3 for a declaration that particular information is criminal intelligence.
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> criminal intelligence monitor means the criminal intelligence monitor designated under Division 2.
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> declared criminal intelligence means information declared by the Court under Division 3 to be criminal intelligence.
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> external agency means any of the following—
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> > (a) the New South Wales Crime Commission,
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> > (b) the Independent Commission Against Corruption,
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> > (c) the Australian Federal Police,
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> > (d) the Australian Crime Commission,
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> > (e) a police force or service of another State or Territory,
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> > (f) the Commissioner of Corrective Services, Department of Attorney General and Justice, or an officer of another State or Territory with functions substantially corresponding to the functions of the Commissioner,
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> > (g) another entity established under a law of another jurisdiction, including a jurisdiction outside Australia, declared by the regulations to be an external agency for the purposes of this Part.
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> identifying information, about an informant, means any of the following information—
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> > (a) name, including any aliases,
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> > (b) date of birth,
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> > (c) current location,
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> > (d) where the informant resides,
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> > (e) a position held by the informant in an organisation.
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> informant means any of the following—
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> > (a) anyone who has given, to the NSW Police Force or to an external agency, information that the Commissioner reasonably believes is criminal intelligence, and who is not a police officer or an officer of an external agency,
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> > (b) a police officer, or officer of an external agency, who has obtained information through the use of an assumed identity.
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> informant affidavit means an affidavit under section 28H or 28Q.
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> officer, of an external agency, includes a person employed by the agency, seconded to the agency or engaged by the agency under a contract for services.
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> relevant agency, in relation to information that is declared criminal intelligence or that is the subject of a criminal intelligence application, means—
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> > (a) if the Commissioner obtained the information from an external agency—that agency, or
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> > (b) otherwise—the NSW Police Force.
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> substantive application means an application under this Act other than a criminal intelligence application.
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> **pt 3B, divs 1–5 (ss 28A–28U):** Ins 2013 No 12, Sch 1 \[9\].