3Purposes of Act

3 Purposes of Act

The main purposes of this Act are –

(a) to provide for the authorisation, conduct and monitoring of controlled operations, including operations conducted in this or this and one or more other jurisdictions or in one or more participating jurisdictions –

(i) for the purpose of obtaining evidence that may lead to the prosecution of persons for particular offences; and

(ii) that involve or may involve conduct for which participants in the operation would otherwise be criminally responsible; and

(b) to facilitate mutual recognition of things done in relation to controlled operations authorised under laws of other jurisdictions corresponding to this Act; and

(c) to ensure, as far as practicable, that only appropriately trained persons may act as participants in authorised operations; and

(d) to ensure that a person who may act as a participant in an authorised operation engages in otherwise unlawful activities only as part of the authorised operation; and

(e) to provide appropriate protection from civil and criminal liability for persons acting under this Act; and

(f) to clarify the status of evidence obtained by participants in authorised operations.