CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 15P

(1)

If a certificate authorising a controlled operation was given as a result of an application made under section 15L, the certificate is taken to have come into force at the time when the authorising officer told the applicant that he or she had decided to give the certificate.

(2)

In any other case, a certificate authorising the controlled operation comes into force at the time when it was given.

(3)

A certificate remains in force:

(a)

if the certificate specifies a day on which it is to cease to be in force—until the end of that day; or

(b)

if the certificate is surrendered under section 15O—until the time when the surrender notice has effect; or

(c)

in any other case—until the end of the 30th day after the day on which it was given.