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Law Enforcement and National Security (Assumed Identities) Act 2010
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#### 22 Protection from liability—authorised persons
22 Protection from liability—authorised persons
> Anything done by an authorised person (whether in this jurisdiction or elsewhere) in the course of acquiring or using an assumed identity is not unlawful, and does not constitute an offence or corrupt conduct if—
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> > (a) the thing is done in accordance with an authority, and
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> > (b) the thing is done in the course of the authorised person’s duty (in the case of an authorised officer) or in accordance with any direction by the authorised person’s supervisor under the authority (in the case of an authorised civilian), and
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> > (c) doing the thing would not be unlawful or constitute an offence or corrupt conduct if the assumed identity were the person’s real identity.