58Protection from criminal liability – authorised persons

58 Protection from criminal liability – authorised persons If an authorised person does something (whether in the Territory or elsewhere) that, apart from this section, would be an offence, the 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) for an authorised officer – in the course of the officer's duty; or (ii) for an authorised civilian – in accordance with a direction by the civilian's supervisor under the authority; and (c) doing the thing would not be an offence if the assumed identity were the person's real identity.

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