New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY (ASSUMED IDENTITIES) ACT 2010

- As at 17 June 2021 
- Act 73 of 2010 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Objects of Act
   4.      Definitions

   PART 2 - AUTHORITY FOR ASSUMED IDENTITY

   5.      Application for authority to acquire or use assumed identity
   6.      Determination of applications
   7.      Form of authority
   8.      Period of authority
   9.      Variation or cancellation of authority
   10.     Yearly review of authority
   11.     Making entries in Births, Deaths and Marriages Register
   12.     Eligible Judges
   13.     Cancellation of authority affecting entry in a register of births, deaths and marriages
   14.     Cancelling entries in Births, Deaths and Marriages Register

   PART 3 - EVIDENCE OF ASSUMED IDENTITY

   15.     Request for evidence of assumed identity
   16.     Government issuing agencies to comply with request
   17.     Non-government issuing agencies may comply with request
   18.     Cancellation of evidence of assumed identity
   19.     Protection from liability--officers of issuing agencies
   20.     Indemnity for issuing agencies and officers

   PART 4 - EFFECT OF AUTHORITY

   21.     Assumed identity may be acquired and used
   22.     Protection from liability--authorised persons
   23.     Indemnity for authorised persons
   24.     Particular qualifications
   25.     Effect of being unaware of variation or cancellation of authority
   26.     Chief officer may make certain representations about authorised person

   PART 5 - MUTUAL RECOGNITION UNDER CORRESPONDING LAWS

   27.     Requests to a participating jurisdiction for evidence of assumed identity
   28.     Requests from a participating jurisdiction for evidence of assumed identity
   29.     Directions from a participating jurisdiction to cancel evidence of assumed identity
   30.     Indemnity for issuing agencies and officers
   31.     Application of this Act to authorities under corresponding laws

   PART 6 - COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING

           Division 1 - Misuse of assumed identity and information

   32.     Misuse of assumed identity
   33.     Disclosing information about assumed identity

           Division 2 - Disclosure of identity in legal proceedings

   34.     Identity of certain persons not to be disclosed in legal proceedings

           Division 3 - Reporting and record-keeping

   35.     Reports about authorities for assumed identities etc
   36.     Record keeping
   37.     Audit of records

   PART 7 - GENERAL

   38.     Act binds Crown
   39.     Delegation of chief officer's functions
   40.     Other Acts not affected
   41.     Proceedings for offences
   42.     Regulations
   43.     Review of Act
   44.     (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 1
           Schedule 2 (Repealed)