Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL ACT 1975 - SECT 27AA

Applications under Part   IV of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  (1)   An application under subsection   54(1) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 for review of a security assessment may be made by a person in respect of whom the assessment was made and who has, in accordance with Part   IV of that Act, been given notice of the assessment.

  (2)   An application under subsection   54(2) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 for review of the findings of the Tribunal on a review of a security assessment may be made by the person who applied for the review in which the findings were made.

  (3)   If the Tribunal is satisfied that an application referred to in subsection   (2) is justified, it may review its previous findings, and this Act applies in relation to such a review and the findings in such a review as if it were the review of an assessment.

Applications under Part   IVA of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  (4)   An application under subsection   83B(1) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 for review of a security clearance decision or security clearance suitability assessment may be made by a person in respect of whom the decision or suitability assessment was made and who has, in accordance with Part   IVA of that Act, been given notice of the decision or suitability assessment.

  (5)   An application under subsection   83B(2) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 for review of the findings of the Tribunal on a review of a security clearance decision or security clearance suitability assessment may be made by the person who applied for the review in which the findings were made.

  (6)   If the Tribunal is satisfied that an application referred to in subsection   (5) is justified, it may review its previous findings, and this Act applies in relation to such a review and the findings in such a review as if it were the review of a security clearance decision or security clearance suitability assessment.