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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 185D

Notification etc. of authorisations intended to identify media sources

The Organisation

  (1)   If a journalist information warrant is issued under Subdivision B of Division   4C of Part   4 - 1:

  (a)   the Director - General of Security must, as soon as practicable, give a copy of the warrant to the Inspector - General of Intelligence and Security; and

  (b)   the Attorney - General must, as soon as practicable, cause the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security to be notified of the issuing of the warrant.

  (2)   If an authorisation under Division   3 of Part   4 - 1 is made under the authority of the warrant, the Director - General of Security must, as soon as practicable after the expiry of the warrant, give a copy of the authorisation to the Inspector - General of Intelligence and Security.

  (3)   If:

  (a)   the Inspector - General gives to the Minister a report under section   22 or 25A of the Inspector - General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 ; and

  (b)   the report relates (wholly or partly) to one or both of the following:

  (i)   a journalist information warrant issued to the Organisation;

  (ii)   one or more authorisations referred to in subsection   (2) of this section;

the Minister must, as soon as practicable, cause a copy of the report to be given to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.

  (4)   The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security may request a briefing from the Inspector - General on:

  (a)   a journalist information warrant; or

  (b)   an authorisation or authorisations;

to which a report referred to in paragraph   (3)(b) of this section relates.

Enforcement agencies

  (5)   If a journalist information warrant is issued to an enforcement agency:

  (a)   if the agency was the Australian Federal Police:

  (i)   the Commissioner of Police must, as soon as practicable, give copies of the warrant to the Minister and the Ombudsman; and

  (ii)   the Minister must, as soon as practicable after receiving a copy, cause the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security to be notified of the issuing of the warrant; and

  (b)   otherwise--the chief officer of the agency must, as soon as practicable, give a copy of the warrant to the Ombudsman.

  (6)   If an authorisation under Division   4 of Part   4 - 1 is made under the authority of the warrant, the chief officer of the agency must, as soon as practicable after the expiry of the warrant, give a copy of the authorisation to the Ombudsman.

  (7)   If:

  (a)   the Ombudsman gives to the Minister a report under section   186J of this Act; and

  (b)   the report relates (wholly or partly) to one or both of the following:

  (i)   a journalist information warrant issued to the Australian Federal Police;

  (ii)   one or more authorisations, referred to in subsection   (6) of this section, that were made by one or more authorised officers of the Australian Federal Police;

the Minister must, as soon as practicable, cause a copy of the report to be given to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.

  (8)   The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security may request a briefing from the Ombudsman on:

  (a)   a journalist information warrant; or

  (b)   an authorisation or authorisations;

to which a report referred to in paragraph   (7)(b) of this section relates.


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