Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 2004 NO. 150, 2004

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Object of this Act  
   4.      Extension of Act to external Territories  
   5.      Act binds Crown  
   6.      Application of Act  

   PART 2--INTERPRETATION

           Division 1--Definitions

   7.      Definitions  

           Division 2--National security and related definitions

   8.      Meaning of national security  
   9.      Meaning of security  
   10.     Meaning of international relations  
   11.     Meaning of law enforcement interests  

           Division 3--Federal criminal proceeding and related definitions

   13.     Meaning of criminal proceeding  
   14.     Meaning of federal criminal proceeding  
   15.     Meaning of defendant  

           Division 4--Other interpretation provisions

   16.     Disclosure of information in permitted circumstances  
   17.     Meaning of likely to prejudice national security  
   18.     Operation of other Acts etc.  
   19.     General powers of a court  
   20.     When an order of a court ceases to be subject to appeal  

   PART 3--PROTECTION OF INFORMATION WHOSE DISCLOSURE IS LIKELY TO PREJUDICE ETC. NATIONAL SECURITY

           Division 1--Management of information

   21.     Pre-trial conferences  
   22.     Arrangements about disclosures relating to or affecting national security  
   23.     Protection of certain information disclosed in a proceeding  

           Division 2--Attorney-General's certificates for protection of information
            
              Subdivision A--Notifying Attorney-General etc. of expected disclosure 

   24.     Prosecutor and defendant must notify expected disclosure of information relating to or affecting national security  
            
              Subdivision B--Notifying Attorney-General etc. where disclosure expected by witness answering question 
            
   25.     Preventing witnesses from disclosing information by not allowing them to answer questions  
            
              Subdivision C--Attorney-General's certificates 
            
   26.     Attorney-General's non-disclosure certificate  
   27.     Consequences of Attorney-General giving non-disclosure certificate  
   28.     Attorney-General's witness exclusion certificate  

           Division 3--Closed hearings and non-disclosure or witness exclusion orders

   29.     Closed hearing requirements  
   29A.    Request to delay making record available pending appeal decision  
   30.     Intervention by Attorney-General  
   31.     Court orders  
   32.     Reasons for court orders  
   33.     Request to delay giving section 32 statement pending appeal decision  
   34.     Period of operation of court orders  
   35.     Consequence of certain court orders  
   36.     Adjournment after certain court orders  

           Division 4--Appeals

   36A.    Appeal against court decision under section 29  
   37.     Appeals against court orders under section 31  
   38.     Appeal against court decisions under section 32  

   PART 4--SECURITY CLEARANCES

   39.     Security clearance for defendant's legal representative etc.  

   PART 5--OFFENCES

   40.     Offence to disclose information before Attorney-General gives non-disclosure certificate etc.  
   41.     Offence to disclose information before Attorney-General gives witness exclusion certificate etc.  
   42.     Offence to contravene requirement to notify Attorney-General etc.  
   43.     Offence to disclose information contrary to Attorney-General's non-disclosure certificate  
   44.     Offence to call witness contrary to Attorney-General's witness exclusion certificate  
   45.     Offence to contravene court order  
   46.     Offence to disclose information to certain persons without security clearance etc.  

   PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS

   47.     Report to Parliament on certificates given by Attorney-General etc.  
   48.     Rules of court  
   49.     Regulations