22Protection from criminal liability – authorised persons

22 Protection from criminal liability – authorised persons

If an authorised person does something (whether in this jurisdiction or elsewhere) that, apart from this section, would be an offence, the officer or person is not criminally responsible for the offence if –

(a) the thing is done in the course of acquiring or using an assumed identity in accordance with an authority; and

(b) the thing is done –

(i) in the case of an authorised officer, in the course of his or her duty; or

(ii) in the case of an authorised civilian, in accordance with any direction by his or her supervisor under the authority; and

(c) doing the thing would not be an offence if the assumed identity were the person's real identity.