The authorisations provided for in Article 230-25 are issued under the following conditions:
1° For officers of the national police services carrying out judicial police duties, either by the heads of the territorial services of the national police, or by the heads of the active services at the police prefecture or, where applicable, the police prefect, or by the heads of the central services of the national police or, where applicable, the director general to whom they report ;
2° For members of the national gendarmerie units carrying out judicial police missions, either by the group commanders, or by the gendarmerie commanders in the overseas departments and collectivities and in New Caledonia, or by the regional commanders, or by the specialised gendarmerie commanders, or by the deputy director of the judicial police or, where applicable, by the director general of the national gendarmerie.