20Protection from criminal responsibility for controlled conduct

20 Protection from criminal responsibility for controlled conduct during authorised operation Despite any other Act or law of the Territory, a participant who engages in conduct (whether in the Territory or elsewhere) in an authorised operation in the course of, and for the purposes of, the operation, is not, if engaging in that conduct is an offence, criminally

Police (Special Investigative and Other Powers) Act 2015 18 responsible for the offence, if: (a) the conduct is authorised by, and is engaged in in accordance with, the authority for the operation; and (b) the conduct does not involve the participant intentionally inducing a person to commit an offence under a law of any jurisdiction that the person would not otherwise have intended to commit; and (c) the conduct does not involve the participant engaging in any conduct that is likely to: (i) cause the death of, or serious harm to, any person; or (ii) involve the commission of a sexual offence against any person; and (d) if the participant is a civilian participant – the participant acts in accordance with the instructions of a law enforcement officer.