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StatuteCrimes Act 1914

Section 15KX — Crimes Act 1914: Requests to a participating jurisdiction for evidence of assumed identity

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(1) This section applies if an authority granted under section 15KB authorises a request under this section. (2) The person specified in subsection (2A) may request the chief officer of an issuing agency of a participating jurisdiction stated in the authority to: (a) produce evidence of the assumed identity in accordance with the authority; and (b) give evidence of the assumed identity to the following: (i) the authorised person named in the authority; (ii) an officer of the law enforcement agency or the intelligence agency who is named in the request. Note: Section 15KW modifies the effect of this provision if control of the authority is transferred. (2A) For the purposes of subsection (2), the person who may make the request is: (a) the chief officer of a law enforcement agency who granted the authority; or (b) the chief officer of an intelligence agency (other than the Office of National Intelligence or the Australian Signals Directorate) who granted the authority; or (c) if the chief officer of the Office of National Intelligence granted the authority—the chief officer of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation or the Australian Secret Intelligence Service; or (d) if the chief officer of the Australian Signals Directorate granted the authority—the chief officer of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation or the Australian Secret Intelligence Service. Note: The chief officer may delegate functions under this section—see section 15LH. (3) The request must state that it is a request under this section. (4) A request must not be made under this section for an entry in a register of births, deaths or marriages.

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