Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

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

  (1)   The Attorney - General may, by writing, appoint as a Part   4 - 1 issuing authority:

  (a)   a person who is:

  (i)   a judge of a court created by the Parliament; or

  (iii)   a magistrate;

    and in relation to whom a consent under subsection   (2) is in force; or

  (b)   a person who:

  (i)   holds an appointment to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal as Deputy President, full - time senior member, part - time senior member or member; and

  (ii)   is enrolled as a legal practitioner of a federal court or of the Supreme Court of a State or a Territory; and

  (iii)   has been enrolled for at least 5 years.

  (2)   A person who is:

  (a)   a judge of a court created by the Parliament; or

  (b)   a magistrate;

may, by writing, consent to be appointed by the Attorney - General under subsection   (1).

  (3)   A person's appointment ceases to have effect if:

  (a)   the person ceases to be a person whom the Attorney - General could appoint under this section; or

  (b)   the Attorney - General, by writing, revokes the appointment.

  (4)   A Part   4 - 1 issuing authority has, in relation to the performance or exercise of a function or power conferred on a Part   4 - 1 issuing authority by this Act, the same protection and immunity as a Justice of the High Court has in relation to proceedings in the High Court.