41Chief Commissioner to decide application for emergency registration

41 Chief Commissioner to decide application for emergency registration

(1) Subject to section 20 and subsection (2), the Chief Commissioner may register a person as a human source on an emergency registration application if satisfied that—

(b) the information or assistance that the person is expected to provide if registered as a human source cannot be obtained through any other reasonable means; and

(c) the use of the person as a human source—

(d) the emergency registration of the person as a human source is otherwise appropriate and justified.

(1A) The Chief Commissioner must not register a person as a human source on an emergency registration application if—

(a) the person is reasonably expected to have access to—

(i) information that is subject to client legal privilege; or

(ii) information in respect of which there is an exception to client legal privilege; and

(b) the purpose of the registration is for a police officer to obtain, or to obtain and disseminate, information that is subject to client legal privilege or information in respect of which there is an exception to client legal privilege.

(2) The Chief Commissioner must not register the person as a human source on an emergency registration application unless the Chief Commissioner has considered the risks associated with the person's emergency registration as a human source.

(3) The Chief Commissioner must immediately notify the applicant police officer of the emergency registration of a person as a human source orally, or in writing or by telephone, fax, email or any other means of communication.