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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 6A

Investigation of an offence

  (1)   A reference in this Act to the investigation by an agency, or by an eligible authority of a State, of an offence is a reference to:

  (a)   in the case of the Australian Federal Police--an investigation of that offence, in the course of the performance by the Australian Federal Police of its functions, by members of the Australian Federal Police;

  (b)   in the case of a Police Force of a State--an investigation of that offence, in the course of the performance by that Police Force of its functions, by officers of that Police Force; or

  (c)   in the case of the following eligible authorities or agencies, a prescribed investigation, in so far as it relates to that offence:

  (ia)   the National Anti - Corruption Commission;

  (i)   the ACC;

  (ii)   the Crime Commission;

  (iii)   the Crime and Corruption Commission;

  (v)   the Independent Commission Against Corruption;

  (va)   the Inspector of the Independent Commission Against Corruption;

  (vi)   the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission;

  (vii)   the Inspector of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission;

  (viii)   the IBAC;

  (ix)   the Victorian Inspectorate;

  (x)   the Corruption and Crime Commission;

  (xi)   the Parliamentary Inspector of the Corruption and Crime Commission;

  (xii)   the Independent Commission Against Corruption (SA).

  (2)   A reference in this Act to an investigation, in relation to an offence, is, in the case of an offence that is suspected on reasonable grounds of being likely to be committed, a reference to the investigation of the likely commission of that offence.


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