Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 137

             (1)  The Director-General of Security may, in accordance with subsection 18(3) or (4A), or subsection 19A(4) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 , communicate the following to another person:

                     (a)  lawfully accessed information;

                    (aa)  preservation notice information;

                     (b)  stored communications warrant information.

             (2)  The communication may be made by the Director-General of Security personally or by a person authorised by the Director-General.

             (3)  A person to whom foreign intelligence information has been communicated:

                     (a)  in accordance with subsection (1); or

                     (b)  in accordance with an approval given under this subsection;

may:

                     (c)  communicate that information to such persons, and in such manner, as are approved in writing by the Attorney-General; and

                     (d)  use that information for such purposes as are approved in writing by the Attorney-General; and

                     (e)  make a record of that information.

             (4)  An approval under subsection (3) is not a legislative instrument.