56Lawfulness of activities in relation to assumed name

56 Lawfulness of activities in relation to assumed name (1) This section applies in relation to documentation or information that is the subject of a certificate, signed by the chief officer of the issuing agency responsible for issuing the documentation or information, to the effect that the documentation or information is to be used for this Act. (2) Despite any other Act or law, the following activities are not unlawful, and do not constitute offences: (a) the preparation of any false documentation (such as the preparation of a driver licence, credit card or identity card under an assumed name) in accordance with a request by the chief officer of a law enforcement agency or the chief officer of an intelligence agency; (b) the inclusion of any false information in any record or register (such as that relevant to the issue of a driver licence, credit card or identity card under an assumed name) in accordance with a request by the chief officer of a law enforcement agency or the chief officer of an intelligence agency; (c) the use of such documentation or information by any person in the course of, and for the purposes of, an authorised operation conducted on behalf of a law enforcement agency;

Police (Special Investigative and Other Powers) Act 2015 39 (d) an activity in connection with an activity mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) that (apart from this section) would be unlawful (such as an activity that would otherwise give rise to the offence of aiding and abetting the commission of an offence or of conspiring to commit an offence). (3) Subsection (1) does not render lawful the preparation of false documentation, the inclusion of false information in any record or register or the use of such documentation or information in relation to matters of the kind recorded or registered under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996.