You can ask for a confidentiality order under section 13AB if you are the Commissioner of Police or the chief executive. You do this by applying to the chairperson or a panel convenor. The confidentiality order is a special kind of order that helps keep some information private.

If you want to apply for a confidentiality order, you cannot ask someone else to do it for you. You have to do it yourself, because the law does not allow you to delegate this power to someone else. This means you are responsible for making the application.

When you apply for a confidentiality order, you must support your application with an affidavit that you have sworn. This affidavit is a written statement that you swear is true, and it helps the chairperson or panel convenor make a decision about your application. You must swear this affidavit yourself, as the person making the application.