Marginal note:Direction and control

14. Subject to section 16, a person is exempt from the application of section 7 of the Act where the person engages or attempts to engage in conduct referred to in that section that involves a substance that has been forfeited to Her Majesty or that is imported in accordance with section 11 of these Regulations, if the person

• (a) acts under the direction and control of a member of a police force who meets the conditions set out in paragraphs 13(2)(a) and (b); and

• (b) acts to assist the member referred to in paragraph (a) in the course of the particular investigation.

Marginal note:Offering to engage

15. A member of a police force who engages in conduct referred to in section 5 or 7 of the Act by offering to engage in that conduct is exempt, in respect of offering to engage in that conduct, from the application of section 5 or 7 of the Act, if the member

• (a) is an active member of the police force; and

• (b) is acting in the course of the member’s responsibilities for the purposes of a particular investigation.

Marginal note:Direction and control

16. A person who engages in conduct referred to in section 5 or 7 of the Act by offering to engage in that conduct is exempt, in respect of offering to engage in that conduct, from the application of section 5 or 7 of the Act, if the person

• (a) acts under the direction and control of a member of a police force who meets the conditions set out in paragraphs 15(a) and (b); and

• (b) acts to assist the member referred to in paragraph (a) in the course of the particular investigation.

Marginal note:Information in certificate

17. A certificate issued under section 8, 11 or 13 shall identify the member of the police force to which it applies, the duration of the exemption and the particular investigation to which it relates.

Marginal note:Revocation

• 18. (1) A certificate issued under section 8, 11 or 13 is revoked on the earliest of

  • (a) the date on which the appropriate police officer who issued the certificate revokes it,

  • (b) the date on which the member to whom it was issued is no longer an active member of the police force,

  • (c) the date on which the member to whom it was issued is no longer acting in the course of the member’s responsibilities for the purposes of the particular investigation to which the certificate relates,

  • (d) the date on which the particular investigation to which the certificate relates has been completed, or

  • (e) the date on which the certificate expires.

• Marginal note:Notice

  (2) The appropriate police officer shall notify the member to whom a certificate was issued of the revocation on the day on which the certificate is revoked pursuant to paragraph (1)(a), (c) or (d).