15R Minister to be notified of applications for certificate

(1)

As soon as practicable after the Commissioner, a Deputy Commissioner or a senior executive AFP employee authorised in writing under section 15J has made a decision about an application for a certificate authorising a controlled operation, the Commissioner must inform the Minister of that decision and of the reasons for that decision.

(2)

As soon as practicable after a member of the National Crime Authority has made a decision about an application for a certificate authorising a controlled operation, the Chairperson of the Authority must inform the Minister of that decision and of the reasons for that decision.

(3)

The reasons given in support of a decision referred to in subsection (1) or (2) must include (but are not limited to) an indication of the extent to which the authorising officer, in making the decision, took into account the seriousness of the criminal activities of:

(a)

the person targeted by the operation; or

(b)

any other person associating, or acting in concert, with that person or using, directly or indirectly, the services of that person to further his or her own purposes.

(4)

In subsection (3):