(1) This section applies to a request to the Competent Authority in the State from a competent authority in a designated state to permit -
(a) a controlled delivery to be made in the State, and
(b) specified persons, or persons of a specified description, from the designated state to participate in the operations connected with the controlled delivery.
(2) The request shall include particulars of the offence with which the controlled delivery is concerned.
(3) The Competent Authority in the State may grant the request if satisfied that -
(a) the controlled delivery is being made for the purposes of an investigation into an offence, or
(b) there are reasonable grounds for believing that it is in the public interest, having regard to the benefit likely to accrue to the investigation, to permit the delivery to take place.
(4) The operations related to a controlled delivery shall, if the delivery is concerned with the illegal importation of controlled drugs, be regulated in accordance with
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