InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

Act No. 101 of 1986 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 18 December 2006
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 170 of 2006

The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
AttorneyGeneral’s Department, Canberra

 

 

 

Contents

Part I—Preliminary

1 Short title [see Note 1]

2 Commencement [see Note 1]

3 Interpretation

4 Objects of Act

5 Application of Act

5A Application of the Criminal Code

Part II—InspectorGeneral

Division 1—Establishment and functions of InspectorGeneral

6 InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security

6A Acting InspectorGeneral

7 Appointment of Judge as InspectorGeneral not to affect tenure etc.

8 Inquiry functions of InspectorGeneral

9 Additional inquiry functions of InspectorGeneral

9A Inspection functions of InspectorGeneral

9B Power to enter places of detention

Division 2—Complaints

10 Form of complaints

11 Inquiry into complaint

12 Procedure where complaint not pursued

13 Special arrangements for persons in custody

14 Preliminary inquiries

Division 3—Inquiries

15 InspectorGeneral to inform certain persons before commencing an inquiry

16 InspectorGeneral to consult with AuditorGeneral and Ombudsman

17 Conduct of inquiries

18 Power to obtain information and documents

19 Entry to premises occupied by an agency

19A Power to enter places of detention

20 Security of agency documents

Division 4—Reports

21 Draft reports relating to inquiries

22 Reports relating to inquiries given to agency head

23 Advice to complainant

24 Action as a result of reports

24A Action as a result of reports given to Minister or Secretary

25 Reports concerning collection or communication of intelligence

25A Reports relating to other inspections

Part III—Administrative Provisions

26 Terms and conditions of appointment

27 Remuneration and allowances

28 Leave of absence

29 Resignation

30 Termination of appointment

31 Disclosure of interests

32 Staff

Part IV—Miscellaneous

32A InspectorGeneral may obtain reports

32B Minister to give directions and guidelines to InspectorGeneral

33 Protection from civil actions

34 Secrecy

34A Information and documents may be given to Royal Commissioners

35 Annual report

36 Regulations

Notes

An Act to provide for the appointment of an InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security, and for related purposes

Part IPreliminary

 

1  Short title [see Note 1]

  This Act may be cited as the InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security Act 1986.

2  Commencement [see Note 1]

  This Act shall come into operation on the day fixed under subsection 2(1) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Amendment Act 1986.

3  Interpretation

 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

adverse security assessment has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.

agency means ASIO, ASIS, DIGO, DIO, DSD or ONA.

ASIO means the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation continued in existence by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.

ASIS means the Australian Secret Intelligence Service.

Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.

Commonwealth agency has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.

DIGO means that part of the Department of Defence known as the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation, and any part of the Defence Force that performs functions on behalf of that part of the Department.

discrimination has the same meaning as in the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986.

DIO means that part of the Department of Defence known as the Defence Intelligence Organisation.

DSD means that part of the Department of Defence known as the Defence Signals Directorate, and includes any part of the Defence Force that performs functions on behalf of that part of that Department.

employee, in relation to an agency, means a person who is employed, whether in a permanent or temporary capacity, in the agency.

head, in relation to ASIO, ASIS, DIGO, DIO, DSD or ONA means the DirectorGeneral of Security, the DirectorGeneral of ASIS, the Director of DIGO, the Director of DIO, the Director of DSD or the DirectorGeneral of ONA, as the case may be.

human rights has the same meaning as in the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986.

InspectorGeneral means the InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security.

Judge means:

 (a) a Judge of a court created by the Parliament or of a court of a State or of the Northern Territory; or

 (b) a person who has the same designation and status as a Judge of a court created by the Parliament.

member, in relation to an agency, means:

 (a) an employee of the agency; or

 (b) a person who is authorised to perform any of the functions of the agency on behalf of the agency.

Ombudsman means the Commonwealth Ombudsman.

ONA means the Office of National Assessments established by the Office of National Assessments Act 1977.

permanent resident means a person, other than an Australian citizen:

 (a) whose normal place of residence is situated in Australia;

 (b) whose presence in Australia is not subject to any limitation as to time imposed by law; and

 (c) who is not an illegal entrant within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958.

qualified security assessment has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.

responsible Minister, in relation to an agency, means:

 (a) in the case of an agency established or continued in existence by an Act—the Minister administering that Act; or

 (b) in any other case—the Minister having general responsibility for the activities of the agency.

security has the same meaning as in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.

 (2) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to the taking of action includes a reference to:

 (a) the making of a decision or recommendation; and

 (b) the failure or refusal to take any action or to make a decision or recommendation.

 (3) For the purposes of this Act, action that is taken by a member of an agency shall be deemed to be taken by the agency if the member takes the action in his or her capacity as a member of the agency, whether or not:

 (a) the action is taken for or in connection with, or is incidental to, the performance of the functions of the agency; or

 (b) the taking of the action is within the duties of the member.

4  Objects of Act

  The objects of this Act are:

 (a) to assist Ministers in the oversight and review of:

 (i) the compliance with the law by, and the propriety of particular activities of, Australian intelligence or security agencies;

 (ii) the effectiveness and appropriateness of the procedures of those agencies relating to the legality or propriety of their activities; and

 (iii) certain other aspects of the activities and procedures of certain of those agencies;

 (b) to assist Ministers in ensuring that the activities of those agencies are consistent with human rights; and

 (c) to allow for review of certain directions given to ASIO by the AttorneyGeneral.

5  Application of Act

  This Act applies both within and outside Australia and extends to every external Territory.

5A  Application of the Criminal Code

  Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code applies to all offences against this Act.

Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.


Part IIInspectorGeneral

Division 1Establishment and functions of InspectorGeneral

6  InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security

 (1) There shall be an InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security.

 (2) The InspectorGeneral shall be appointed by the GovernorGeneral.

 (3) Before a recommendation is made to the GovernorGeneral for the appointment of a person as InspectorGeneral, the Prime Minister shall consult with the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives.

 (4) The GovernorGeneral may, for the purpose of appointing to the office of InspectorGeneral a person who is the holder of a judicial office of a State or of the Northern Territory, enter into such arrangement with the Governor of that State or the Administrator of that Territory, as the case may be, as is necessary to secure that person’s services.

 (5) An arrangement under subsection (4) may provide for the Commonwealth to reimburse a State or the Northern Territory with respect to the services of the person to whom the arrangement relates.

6A  Acting InspectorGeneral

 (1) The Prime Minister may appoint a person to act as the InspectorGeneral:

 (a) during a vacancy in the office of InspectorGeneral; or

 (b) during any period, or during all periods, when the InspectorGeneral is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any reason, unable to perform the duties of the office;

but a person appointed to act during a vacancy must not continue so to act for more than 12 months.

 (2) Before appointing a person to act as the InspectorGeneral, the Prime Minister must consult with the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives about the appointment.

 (3) Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under such an appointment is not invalid merely because:

 (a) the occasion for the appointment had not arisen; or

 (b) there was a defect or irregularity in connection with the appointment; or

 (c) the appointment had ceased to have effect; or

 (d) the occasion to act had not arisen or had ceased.

7  Appointment of Judge as InspectorGeneral not to affect
tenure etc.

 (1) A person’s tenure as the holder of a judicial office and the person’s rank, title, status, precedence, salary, annual or other allowances or other rights or privileges as the holder of the judicial office are not affected by:

 (a) the appointment of the person as the InspectorGeneral or to act as the InspectorGeneral; or

 (b) service by the person as the InspectorGeneral or while acting as InspectorGeneral;

and, for all purposes, the person’s service as InspectorGeneral must be taken to be service as the holder of that judicial office.

 (2) In this section, judicial office means:

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

 (b) an office the holder of which has, by virtue of holding that office, the same status as a judge of a court created by the Parliament.

8  Inquiry functions of InspectorGeneral

 (1) Subject to this section, the functions of the InspectorGeneral in relation to ASIO are:

 (a) at the request of the responsible Minister, of the InspectorGeneral’s own motion or in response to a complaint made to the InspectorGeneral, to inquire into any matter that relates to:

 (i) the compliance by ASIO with the laws of the Commonwealth and of the States and Territories;

 (ii) the compliance by ASIO with directions or guidelines given to ASIO by the responsible Minister;

 (iii) the propriety of particular activities of ASIO;

 (iv) the effectiveness and appropriateness of the procedures of ASIO relating to the legality or propriety of the activities of ASIO; or

 (v) an act or practice of ASIO that is or may be inconsistent with or contrary to any human right, that constitutes or may constitute discrimination, or that is or may be unlawful under the Age Discrimination Act 2004, the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 or the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, being an act or practice referred to the InspectorGeneral by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission;

 (b) at the request of the responsible Minister or of the InspectorGeneral’s own motion, to inquire into the procedures of ASIO relating to redress of grievances of employees of ASIO;

 (c) at the request of the responsible Minister, to inquire into the action (if any) that should be taken to protect the rights of a person who is an Australian citizen or a permanent resident in a case where:

 (i) ASIO has furnished a report to a Commonwealth agency that may result in the taking of action that is adverse to the interests of the person; and

 (ii) the report could not be reviewed by the Security Appeals Tribunal;

  and, in particular, to inquire into whether the person should be informed of the report and given an opportunity to make submissions in relation to the report; and

 (d) where the responsible Minister has given a direction to ASIO on the question whether:

 (i) the collection of intelligence concerning a particular individual is, or is not, justified by reason of its relevance to security; or

 (ii) the communication of intelligence concerning a particular individual would be for a purpose relevant to security;

  to inquire into whether that collection is justified on that ground or whether that communication would be for that purpose, as the case may be.

 (2) Subject to this section, the functions of the InspectorGeneral in relation to ASIS, DIGO or DSD are:

 (a) at the request of the responsible Minister, of the InspectorGeneral’s own motion or in response to a complaint made to the InspectorGeneral by a person who is an Australian citizen or a permanent resident, to inquire into any matter that relates to:

 (i) the compliance by that agency with the laws of the Commonwealth and of the States and Territories;

 (ii) the compliance by that agency with directions or guidelines given to that agency by the responsible Minister;

 (iii) the propriety of particular activities of that agency; or

 (iv) an act or practice of that agency that is or may be inconsistent with or contrary to any human right, that constitutes or may constitute discrimination, or that is or may be unlawful under the Age Discrimination Act 2004, the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 or the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, being an act or practice referred to the InspectorGeneral by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission;

 (b) at the request of the responsible Minister or of the InspectorGeneral’s own motion, to inquire into the procedures of that agency relating to redress of grievances of employees of that agency; and

 (c) at the request of the responsible Minister, to inquire into the effectiveness and appropriateness of the procedures of that agency relating to the legality or propriety of the activities of that agency.

 (3) Subject to this section, the functions of the InspectorGeneral in relation to DIO or ONA are:

 (a) at the request of the responsible Minister or of the InspectorGeneral’s own motion, to inquire into any matter that relates to:

 (i) the compliance by that agency with the laws of the Commonwealth and of the States and Territories;

 (ii) the propriety of particular activities of that agency; or

 (iii) the effectiveness and appropriateness of the procedures of that agency relating to the legality or propriety of the activities of that agency; and

 (b) at the request of the responsible Minister or of the InspectorGeneral’s own motion, to inquire into any matter that relates to:

 (i) an act or practice of that agency that is or may be inconsistent with or contrary to any human right, that constitutes or may constitute discrimination, or that is or may be unlawful under the Age Discrimination Act 2004, the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 or the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, being an act or practice referred to the InspectorGeneral by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission; or

 (ii) the procedures of that agency relating to redress of grievances of employees of that agency; and

 (c) at the request of the responsible Minister or of the InspectorGeneral’s own motion, to inquire into any matter in relation to the statutory independence of ONA.

 (4) The InspectorGeneral shall not, of his or her own motion or in response to a complaint made to the InspectorGeneral, perform any of the functions set out in paragraph (2)(a) in relation to action taken by ASIS, DIGO or DSD except to the extent that Australian citizens or permanent residents are affected or a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory may be violated.

 (5) The functions of the InspectorGeneral under subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not include inquiring into the matters to which a complaint made to the InspectorGeneral by an employee of an agency relates to the extent that those matters are directly related to the promotion, termination of appointment, discipline or remuneration of the complainant or to other matters relating to the complainant’s employment.

 (6) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, where a complaint is made to the InspectorGeneral by an employee of ASIO or ASIS, being a complaint the subject of which directly relates to the promotion, termination of appointment, discipline or remuneration of the complainant or to other matters relating to the complainant’s employment, the functions of the InspectorGeneral include inquiring into the matters to which the complaint relates.

 (7) The InspectorGeneral shall not inquire into the matters to which a complaint made to the InspectorGeneral by an employee of ASIO or ASIS relates to the extent that the employee was or is able to cause those matters to be reviewed by a body constituted by or including persons other than:

 (a) in the case of an employee of ASIO—the DirectorGeneral of Security or employees of ASIO; or

 (b) in the case of an employee of ASIS—the DirectorGeneral of ASIS or employees of ASIS.

 (8) The InspectorGeneral shall not:

 (a) inquire into a matter relating to an agency that occurred outside Australia, or before the commencement of this Act, without the approval of the responsible Minister;

 (b) inquire into action taken by a Minister except to the extent necessary in performing the functions of the InspectorGeneral referred to in subparagraphs (1)(a)(ii) and (2)(a)(ii) and paragraph (1)(d); or

 (c) inquire into a matter, other than a matter that is referred to the InspectorGeneral under subsection 65(1A) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979, that is or could be the subject of a review by the Security Appeals Tribunal.

 (9) The InspectorGeneral may perform functions conferred on the InspectorGeneral by another Act.

9  Additional inquiry functions of InspectorGeneral

  The Prime Minister may request the InspectorGeneral to inquire into a matter relating to an agency and, where such a request is made, the InspectorGeneral shall inquire into that matter if inquiring into that matter is within the functions of the InspectorGeneral referred to in section 8 (whether those functions may be performed following a request by a Minister or otherwise).

9A  Inspection functions of InspectorGeneral

  The functions of the InspectorGeneral include conducting, at such times as the InspectorGeneral determines in consultation with the head of the relevant agency, such other inspections of the agency as the InspectorGeneral considers appropriate for the purpose of giving effect to the objects of this Act.

9B  Power to enter places of detention

  The InspectorGeneral may, after notifying the DirectorGeneral of Security, at any reasonable time, enter any place where a person is being detained under Division 3 of Part III of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 for the purposes of an inspection under section 9A.


Division 2Complaints

10  Form of complaints

 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a complaint may be made to the InspectorGeneral orally or in writing.

 (2) Where a complaint is made orally to the InspectorGeneral, the InspectorGeneral shall:

 (a) put the complaint in writing; or

 (b) require the complainant to put the complaint in writing and, if such a requirement is made and the complainant does not put the complaint in writing, the InspectorGeneral may refuse to inquire into the complaint, or to inquire into the complaint further, until the complainant puts the complaint in writing.

11  Inquiry into complaint

 (1) Where:

 (a) a complaint is made to the InspectorGeneral in respect of action taken by an agency; and

 (b) inquiring into the action in response to a complaint is within the functions of the InspectorGeneral referred to in section 8;

the InspectorGeneral shall, subject to this section, inquire into the action.

 (2) Where a complaint is made to the InspectorGeneral in respect of action taken by an agency, the InspectorGeneral may decide not to inquire into the action or, if the InspectorGeneral has commenced to inquire into the action, decide not to inquire into the action further if the InspectorGeneral is satisfied that:

 (a) the complainant became aware of the action more than 12 months before the complaint was made;

 (b) the complaint is frivolous or vexatious or was not made in good faith; or

 (c) having regard to all the circumstances of the case, an inquiry, or further inquiry, into the action is not warranted.

 (3) Where a complainant has exercised or exercises a right to cause the action to which a complaint relates to be reviewed by a court or a tribunal, the InspectorGeneral shall not inquire into, or continue to inquire into, the action unless the InspectorGeneral is of the opinion that there are special reasons for doing so.

 (4) Where the InspectorGeneral is of the opinion that a complainant has or had a right to cause action to which a complaint relates to be reviewed by a court or a tribunal but has not exercised that right, the InspectorGeneral may decide not to inquire into the action or not to inquire into the action further if, in the opinion of the InspectorGeneral, it would be reasonable for the complainant to exercise, or would have been reasonable for the complainant to have exercised, that right.

 (5) The InspectorGeneral shall not inquire into the matters to which a complaint of the kind referred to in subsection 8(6) relates in respect of action taken by an agency if the InspectorGeneral is satisfied that:

 (a) the procedures of that agency relating to redress of grievances of employees of that agency are adequate and effective;

 (b) the complainant has not pursued those procedures as far as practicable; or

 (c) the matters to which the complaint relates are not of sufficient seriousness or sensitivity to justify an inquiry into those matters.

12  Procedure where complaint not pursued

  Where the InspectorGeneral decides not to inquire into, or not to inquire further into, a matter to which a complaint made to the InspectorGeneral relates in respect of action taken by an agency, the InspectorGeneral shall, by notice in writing, inform the complainant, the responsible Minister and the head of the agency accordingly.

13  Special arrangements for persons in custody

 (1) A person who is detained in custody is entitled:

 (a) upon making a request to the person in whose custody he or she is detained or to any other person performing duties in connection with that detention:

 (i) to be provided with facilities for preparing a complaint in writing to the InspectorGeneral under this Act, for furnishing in writing to the InspectorGeneral after the complaint has been made any other relevant information and for enclosing the complaint or other information (if any) in a sealed envelope; and

 (ii) to have sent to the InspectorGeneral, without undue delay, a sealed envelope addressed to the InspectorGeneral; and

 (b) to have delivered to him or her, without undue delay, any sealed envelope addressed to him or her and sent by the InspectorGeneral that comes into the possession or under the control of the person in whose custody he or she is detained or of any other person performing duties in connection with that detention.

 (2) A sealed envelope referred to in subsection (1) shall not be opened by a person other than the addressee or a person acting on behalf of the addressee.

 (3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the InspectorGeneral may make arrangements with the appropriate authority of a State or Territory for the identification and delivery of sealed envelopes sent by the InspectorGeneral to persons detained in custody in that State or Territory.

14  Preliminary inquiries

  Where a complaint is made to the InspectorGeneral in respect of action taken by an agency, the InspectorGeneral may, for the purpose of:

 (a) determining whether the InspectorGeneral is authorised to inquire into the action; or

 (b) if the InspectorGeneral is authorised to inquire into the action: determining whether the InspectorGeneral should inquire into the action;

make inquiries of the head of the agency in relation to the action.


Division 3Inquiries

15  InspectorGeneral to inform certain persons before commencing an inquiry

 (1) The InspectorGeneral shall, before commencing an inquiry into a matter relating to an agency, inform the responsible Minister and, subject to subsections (2) and (3), the head of the agency that the InspectorGeneral proposes to conduct the inquiry.

 (2) The InspectorGeneral is not required by subsection (1) to advise the head of an agency that the InspectorGeneral proposes to conduct an inquiry into a matter that relates directly to the head of the agency.

 (3) However, if the InspectorGeneral does not advise the head of an agency that the InspectorGeneral proposes to conduct an inquiry into a matter that relates directly to the head of the agency, the InspectorGeneral must instead advise:

 (a) if the matter relates to the head of ASIO, ASIS or ONA—the responsible Minister in relation to ASIO, ASIS or ONA, as the case requires; or

 (b) if the matter relates to the head of DIGO, DIO or DSD—the Secretary of the Department of Defence.

 (4) To avoid doubt, this section is subject to section 17.

16  InspectorGeneral to consult with AuditorGeneral and Ombudsman

  The InspectorGeneral shall, before commencing an inquiry into a matter relating to an agency, have regard to the functions of the AuditorGeneral and the Ombudsman in relation to that agency and may consult with the AuditorGeneral or the Ombudsman in relation to that matter with a view to avoiding inquiries being conducted into that matter by the InspectorGeneral and either or both of the AuditorGeneral and the Ombudsman.

17  Conduct of inquiries

 (1) An inquiry by the InspectorGeneral shall be conducted in private and, subject to this Division, in such manner as the InspectorGeneral thinks fit.

 (2) The InspectorGeneral may, for the purposes of this Act, obtain information from such persons, and make such inquiries, as the InspectorGeneral thinks fit.

 (3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), it is not necessary for a complainant or any other person to be afforded an opportunity to appear before the InspectorGeneral or before any other person in connection with an inquiry by the InspectorGeneral under this Act.

 (4) The InspectorGeneral shall not make a report in relation to an inquiry conducted under this Act in which the InspectorGeneral sets out opinions that are, either expressly or impliedly, critical of an agency unless the InspectorGeneral has, before completing the inquiry, given the head of the agency a reasonable opportunity to appear before the InspectorGeneral and to make, either orally or in writing, submissions in relation to the matters that are the subject of the inquiry.

 (5) Where the InspectorGeneral proposes to set out in a report in relation to an inquiry conducted under this Act opinions that are, either expressly or impliedly, critical of a person, the InspectorGeneral shall, unless doing so would, in the opinion of the InspectorGeneral, prejudice security, the defence of Australia or Australia’s relations with other countries, give the person a reasonable opportunity to appear before the InspectorGeneral and to make, either orally or in writing, submissions in relation to the matters that are the subject of the inquiry.

 (6) Where the InspectorGeneral gives, under subsection (4) or (5), the head of an agency or another person an opportunity to appear before the InspectorGeneral, the person may, with the approval of the InspectorGeneral, be represented by another person.

 (7) The InspectorGeneral may, at any time before completing an inquiry under this Act into a matter relating to an agency, discuss any matter that is relevant to the inquiry with the responsible Minister.

 (8) The InspectorGeneral may, at any time before completing an inquiry under this Act into a matter relating to an agency, if it is appropriate to do so, consult with the Prime Minister on any matter that is relevant to the inquiry.

 (9) The InspectorGeneral shall not make a report in relation to an inquiry conducted under this Act in which the InspectorGeneral sets out opinions that are, either expressly or impliedly, critical of an agency unless the InspectorGeneral has given the responsible Minister a reasonable opportunity to discuss the proposed report with the InspectorGeneral.

 (10) Where the InspectorGeneral forms the opinion that there is evidence that a person who is a member of an agency has been guilty of a breach of duty or of misconduct and that the evidence is of sufficient weight to justify the InspectorGeneral doing so, the InspectorGeneral shall bring the evidence to the notice of:

 (a) in a case where the person is the head of that agency—the responsible Minister; or

 (b) in any other case—the head of that agency.

18  Power to obtain information and documents

 (1) Where the InspectorGeneral has reason to believe that a person is capable of giving information or producing documents relevant to a matter that is being inquired into by the InspectorGeneral under this Act, the InspectorGeneral may, by notice in writing given to the person, require the person, at such reasonable place and within such reasonable period as are specified in the notice:

 (a) to give to the InspectorGeneral, by writing signed by that person or, in the case of a body corporate, on behalf of the body corporate, any such information; or

 (b) to produce to the InspectorGeneral any such documents.

 (2) Where documents are produced to the InspectorGeneral in accordance with a requirement under subsection (1), the InspectorGeneral:

 (a) may take possession of, and may make copies of or take extracts from, the documents;

 (b) may retain possession of the documents for such period as is necessary for the purposes of the inquiry to which the documents relate; and

 (c) during that period shall permit a person who would be entitled to inspect any one or more of the documents if they were not in the possession of the InspectorGeneral to inspect at all reasonable times such of the documents as the person would be so entitled to inspect.

 (3) Where the InspectorGeneral has reason to believe that a person is able to give information relevant to a matter that is being inquired into by the InspectorGeneral under this Act, the InspectorGeneral may, by notice in writing given to the person, require the person to attend before the InspectorGeneral, at such reasonable time and place as are specified in the notice, to answer questions relevant to the matter under inquiry.

 (4) The InspectorGeneral may administer an oath or affirmation to a person required to attend before the InspectorGeneral under subsection (3) and may examine the person on oath or affirmation.

 (5) The oath or affirmation to be taken or made by a person for the purposes of this section is an oath or affirmation that the evidence the person will give will be true.

 (6) A person is not excused from giving any information, producing a document or answering a question when required to do so under this section on the ground that the giving of the information, the production of the document or the answer to the question:

 (a) would contravene the provisions of any other Act, would be contrary to the public interest or might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty; or

 (b) would disclose legal advice given to a Minister, an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999) or an authority of the Commonwealth;

but the information, the production of the document or the answer to the question is not admissible in evidence against the person in any court or in any proceedings before a person authorised to hear evidence except in a prosecution for:

 (c) an offence against this section; or

 (ca) an offence against section 137.1 of the Criminal Code that relates to this section; or

 (d) an offence against:

 (i) section 6 of the Crimes Act 1914; or

 (ii) section 11.1, 11.4 or 11.5 of the Criminal Code;

  being an offence that relates to an offence against this section.

 (7) A person who:

 (a) fails to be sworn or to make an affirmation or to give information or produce a document when required to do so under this section; or

 (b) after being given a notice under subsection (3), fails to comply with the notice or to answer a question that the InspectorGeneral requires the person to answer;

is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction:

 (c) in the case of a natural person—by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months, or both; or

 (d) in the case of a body corporate—by a fine not exceeding $5,000.

 (7A) Subsection (7) is an offence of strict liability.

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

 (7B) Subsection (7) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (7B) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).

 (9) A person is not liable to any penalty under the provisions of any law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory by reason only of the person having given information, produced a document or answered a question when required to do so under this section.

19  Entry to premises occupied by an agency

  The InspectorGeneral may, after notifying the head of an agency, at any reasonable time, enter any place occupied by the agency for the purposes of an inquiry under this Act.

19A  Power to enter places of detention

  The InspectorGeneral may, after notifying the DirectorGeneral of Security, at any reasonable time, enter any place where a person is being detained under Division 3 of Part III of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 for the purposes of an inquiry under this Act.

20  Security of agency documents

  Where:

 (a) the InspectorGeneral requires access to documents in the possession of an agency for the purposes of an inquiry by the InspectorGeneral under this Act; and

 (b) those documents have a national security classification;

the InspectorGeneral shall, if he or she intends to remove those documents from the possession of the agency, make arrangements with the head of the agency for the protection of those documents while they remain in the InspectorGeneral’s possession and for the return of those documents.


Division 4Reports

21  Draft reports relating to inquiries

 (1) Where the InspectorGeneral completes an inquiry under this Act into a matter relating to an agency, the InspectorGeneral shall prepare a draft report setting out the InspectorGeneral’s conclusions and recommendations as a result of the inquiry and, subject to subsections (1A) and (1B), shall give a copy of the draft report to the head of the agency.

 (1A) The InspectorGeneral is not required by subsection (1) to give to the head of an agency a copy of a draft report setting out conclusions and recommendations in respect of a matter that relates directly to the head of the agency.

 (1B) However, if the InspectorGeneral does not give to the head of an agency a copy of a draft report setting out conclusions and recommendations in respect of a matter that relates directly to the head of the agency, the InspectorGeneral must give a copy of that report to:

 (a) if the matter relates to the head of ASIO, ASIS or ONA—the responsible Minister in relation to ASIO, ASIS or ONA, as the case requires; or

 (b) if the matter relates to the head of DIGO, DIO or DSD—the Secretary of the Department of Defence.

 (1C) To avoid doubt, subsections (1), (1A) and (1B) are subject to section 17.

 (2) Where:

 (a) the InspectorGeneral gives a copy of a draft report to the head of an agency, a responsible Minister or the Secretary of the Department of Defence; and

 (b) the head of the agency, the responsible Minister or the Secretary makes comments on the draft report within a reasonable time after being given a copy of the draft report;

the InspectorGeneral shall include in his or her final report in relation to the inquiry such of those comments as are relevant to the final report.

22  Reports relating to inquiries given to agency head

 (1) Where the InspectorGeneral completes an inquiry under this Act into a matter relating to an agency, the InspectorGeneral shall prepare a report setting out the InspectorGeneral’s conclusions and recommendations as a result of the inquiry and shall give a copy of the report:

 (a) if a copy of the draft report was given to the head of the agency under subsection 21(1)—to the head of the agency; or

 (b) otherwise—to the person to whom a copy of the draft report was given under subsection 21(1B).

 (2) The InspectorGeneral shall include in such a report:

 (a) the InspectorGeneral’s reasons for the conclusions and recommendations set out in the report; and

 (b) if the InspectorGeneral considers that a person has been adversely affected by action taken by an agency and that the person should receive compensation for that action—a recommendation that the person receive compensation.

 (3) If the report includes:

 (a) information that was acquired by the Commissioner of Taxation under the provisions of a tax law (within the meaning of section 3E of the Taxation Administration Act 1953); or

 (b) AUSTRAC information (within the meaning of the AntiMoney Laundering and CounterTerrorism Financing Act 2006);

the InspectorGeneral must prepare another version of the report that does not disclose the information referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

Note: Section 3EC of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 permits the InspectorGeneral to disclose paragraph (a) information to the DirectorGeneral of Security in the report under subsection (1).

 (4) The InspectorGeneral must give a copy of:

 (a) if subsection (3) applies—the version of the report mentioned in that subsection; or

 (b) in any other case—the report mentioned in subsection (1);

to:

 (c) the responsible Minister; and

 (d) if the inquiry was conducted as a result of a request made by the Prime Minister under section 9—the Prime Minister.

23  Advice to complainant

 (1) Where the InspectorGeneral has conducted an inquiry under this Act following a complaint, the InspectorGeneral shall give to the complainant a written response relating to the inquiry.

 (2) The InspectorGeneral shall not give such a response to the complainant until the head of the relevant agency and the InspectorGeneral have agreed that the giving to the complainant of a response in the terms proposed will not prejudice security, the defence of Australia or Australia’s relations with other countries.

 (3) The InspectorGeneral must give a copy of the response to the responsible Minister.

24  Action as a result of reports

 (1) Where the InspectorGeneral has conducted an inquiry under this Act into a matter relating to an agency and has given a copy of the report in relation to the inquiry to the head of the agency, the head of the agency shall, if he or she takes or proposes to take any action as a result of the conclusions and recommendations set out in the report, give to the InspectorGeneral details of the action taken or proposed to be taken.

 (2) Where, in the opinion of the InspectorGeneral, the head of an agency does not, as a result of the conclusions and recommendations set out in a report, take, within a reasonable period, action that is adequate and appropriate in the circumstances, the InspectorGeneral may discuss the matter with the responsible Minister and prepare a report relating to that matter and, where the InspectorGeneral prepares such a report, he or she shall give a copy of the report to the Prime Minister.

24A  Action as a result of reports given to Minister or Secretary

 (1) This section applies if the InspectorGeneral:

 (a) has conducted an inquiry under this Act into a matter relating to an agency; and

 (b) has given a copy of the report in relation to the inquiry to the responsible Minister in relation to the agency, or to the Secretary of the Department of Defence, because of the operation of subsection 21(1B).

 (2) If the responsible Minister or the Secretary takes or proposes to take any action as a result of the conclusions and recommendations set out in the report, he or she must give to the InspectorGeneral details of the action taken or proposed to be taken.

 (3) If, in the opinion of the InspectorGeneral, the responsible Minister or the Secretary does not take, within a reasonable period, action that is adequate and appropriate in the circumstances:

 (a) the InspectorGeneral may prepare a report relating to that matter; and

 (b) if the InspectorGeneral prepares such a report, he or she must give a copy of the report to the Prime Minister.

25  Reports concerning collection or communication of intelligence

  Where:

 (a) the InspectorGeneral has, in accordance with paragraph 8(1)(d), inquired into a question to which a direction given to ASIO by the responsible Minister relates; and

 (b) the InspectorGeneral concludes that the direction given by the Minister to ASIO was not justified;

the InspectorGeneral shall, in addition to giving a copy of the report in relation to the inquiry to the responsible Minister, give a copy of the report to the Prime Minister.

25A  Reports relating to other inspections

  If the InspectorGeneral completes an inspection of an agency under section 9A, the InspectorGeneral may report on the inspection to the responsible Minister or the head of the relevant agency.

Note: The InspectorGeneral may only disclose tax information, financial transaction reports information or AUSTRAC information as permitted under section 3EC of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 or section 128 of the AntiMoney Laundering and CounterTerrorism Financing Act 2006.


Part IIIAdministrative Provisions

 

26  Terms and conditions of appointment

 (1) The InspectorGeneral holds office for such period, not exceeding 5 years, as is specified in the instrument of appointment but, subject to subsection (2), is eligible for reappointment.

 (2) A person is not eligible to be appointed to the office of InspectorGeneral more than twice.

 (3) A person holding office as InspectorGeneral, other than a person who is a Judge, holds office on such terms and conditions (if any) in respect of matters not provided for by this Act as are determined by the GovernorGeneral.

 (4) The InspectorGeneral may be appointed on a fulltime or parttime basis.

27  Remuneration and allowances

 (1) Subject to this section, the InspectorGeneral shall be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal but, if no determination of that remuneration is in operation, the InspectorGeneral shall be paid such remuneration as is prescribed.

 (2) The InspectorGeneral shall be paid such allowances as are prescribed.

 (3) Subsections (1) and (2) have effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.

 (4) If a person who is a Judge is appointed as InspectorGeneral, the person is not, while receiving salary or annual allowance as a Judge, entitled to remuneration under this Act.

28  Leave of absence

 (1) A person appointed as InspectorGeneral has such recreation leave entitlements as are determined by the Remuneration Tribunal.

 (2) The Prime Minister may grant to a person appointed as InspectorGeneral leave of absence, other than recreation leave, on such terms and conditions as to remuneration or otherwise as the Minister determines.

29  Resignation

  A person appointed as InspectorGeneral may resign that office by writing signed by the InspectorGeneral and delivered to the GovernorGeneral.

30  Termination of appointment

 (1) The GovernorGeneral may terminate the appointment of the InspectorGeneral by reason of misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity.

 (2) If the InspectorGeneral:

 (a) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with creditors or makes an assignment of remuneration for their benefit;

 (b) being a person holding office on a fulltime basis:

 (i) engages, except with the approval of the Prime Minister, in paid employment outside the duties of his or her office; or

 (ii) is absent from duty, except on leave, for 14 consecutive days or for 28 days in any period of 12 months; or

 (c) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 31;

the GovernorGeneral shall terminate the appointment of the InspectorGeneral.

 (3) A reference in subsections (1) and (2) to a person holding office as InspectorGeneral does not include a reference to a person who is a Judge.

 (4) If a person appointed as InspectorGeneral is a Judge and that person ceases to be a Judge, the GovernorGeneral may terminate the appointment of that person.

31  Disclosure of interests

  The InspectorGeneral shall give written notice to the Prime Minister of all interests, pecuniary or otherwise, that the InspectorGeneral has or acquires and that could conflict with the proper performance of the InspectorGeneral’s functions.

32  Staff

 (1) The staff necessary to assist the InspectorGeneral shall be persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999.

 (2) For the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999:

 (a) the InspectorGeneral and the APS employees assisting the InspectorGeneral together constitute a Statutory Agency; and

 (b) the InspectorGeneral is the Head of that Statutory Agency.


Part IVMiscellaneous

 

32A  InspectorGeneral may obtain reports

 (1) This section applies to the following documents which are issued on or after the day on which the Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment Act 1991 commences:

 (a) in the case of ASIO—a report referred to in subsection 94(1) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 without deletions;

 (b) in the case of ASIS—a report prepared on a periodic basis and given to the responsible Minister;

 (c) in the case of ONA—a report referred to in section 19 of the Office of National Assessments Act 1977;

 (d) in the case of DIGO, DIO and DSD—a report prepared on a periodic basis and given to the Secretary to the Department of Defence.

 (2) The InspectorGeneral may, in writing, request the head of an agency to give him or her a single copy of a document to which this section applies.

 (3) The InspectorGeneral must sign the request.

 (4) As soon as practicable after the head of the agency receives the request, he or she must, subject to subsection (5), give to the InspectorGeneral a single copy of the document specified in the request.

 (5) Where:

 (a) in the case of ASIO, ASIS and ONA, the head of the agency has not provided the Minister with a copy of a report; or

 (b) in the case of DIGO, DIO and DSD, the head of the agency has not provided the Secretary to the Department of Defence with a copy of a report;

the head need not give a copy of the report to the InspectorGeneral until the head has given the report to the Minister or Secretary, as the case may be.

32B  Minister to give directions and guidelines to InspectorGeneral

 (1) This section applies to any guidelines or directions given by the responsible Minister to the head of ASIS, DIGO or DSD.

 (2) As soon as practicable after giving to the head of the agency a direction or guideline issued on or after the commencing day, the Minister must give to the InspectorGeneral a single copy of the direction or guideline.

 (3) As soon as practicable after the commencing day, the Minister must give to the InspectorGeneral a single copy of each direction or guideline that was issued before that day and is still in operation.

 (4) In this section:

commencing day means the day on which the Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment Act 1991 commences.

33  Protection from civil actions

 (1) Neither the InspectorGeneral nor a person acting on behalf of the InspectorGeneral is liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to any act done or omitted to be done in good faith in performance or purported performance of any function, or in exercise or purported exercise of any power, conferred on the InspectorGeneral.

 (2) Where:

 (a) a complaint has been made to the InspectorGeneral; or

 (b) a document has been produced, or information or evidence has been given, to the InspectorGeneral;

a person is not liable to an action, suit or proceeding in respect of loss, damage or injury of any kind suffered by another person by reason only that the complaint was made, the document was produced or the information or evidence was given.

34  Secrecy

 (1) Subject to subsection (1A), a person who is, or has at any time been, the InspectorGeneral or a member of the staff of the InspectorGeneral or who is acting, or has at any time acted, as the InspectorGeneral or as a member of the staff of the InspectorGeneral shall not, either directly or indirectly, except in the performance of his or her functions or duties or in the exercise of his or her powers under this Act:

 (a) make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any person, any information acquired by reason of the person holding, or acting in, that office; or

 (b) make use of any such information.

Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

 (1A) Subsection (1) does not apply if the InspectorGeneral:

 (a) believed on reasonable grounds that the making of the record, or the divulging, communicating or use of the information (the conduct) by the person mentioned in subsection (1) is necessary for the purpose of preserving the wellbeing or safety of another person; and

 (b) authorised the person mentioned in subsection (1) to engage in the conduct for that purpose.

 (2) An offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence.

 (3) Notwithstanding that an offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence, a court of summary jurisdiction may hear and determine proceedings in respect of such an offence if the court is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so and the defendant and the prosecutor consent.

 (4) Where, in accordance with subsection (3), a court of summary jurisdiction convicts a person of an offence against subsection (1), the penalty that the court may impose is a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or both.

 (5) A person who is, or has at any time been, the InspectorGeneral or a member of the staff of the InspectorGeneral or who is acting, or has at any time acted, as the InspectorGeneral or as a member of the staff of the InspectorGeneral shall not be required to produce in a court any document of which the person has custody, or to which the person has access, by reason of the person’s office or employment under or for the purposes of this Act, or to divulge or communicate to a court any information obtained by the person by reason of that office or employment, except where it is necessary to do so for the purposes of this Act.

 (6) In this section:

court includes any tribunal, authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.

produce includes permit access to.

 (7) A reference in this section to information or a document shall be read as a reference to information or a document supplied for the purposes of this Act.

34A  Information and documents may be given to Royal Commissioners

 (1) The purpose of this section is to further the inquiries to be conducted by the Commissions.

 (2) This section applies in spite of anything in this or any other Act.

 (3) The InspectorGeneral, or a former InspectorGeneral, may give a Commission:

 (a) information acquired in his or her capacity as InspectorGeneral; or

 (b) documents of which he or she has custody, or to which he or she has access, in that capacity.

 (4) The InspectorGeneral may, in writing, authorise a staff member or former staff member to give information or documents to a Commission.

 (5) An authorised staff member or former staff member may give a Commission, in accordance with the authorisation:

 (a) information acquired in his or her capacity as a staff member; or

 (b) documents of which he or she has custody, or to which he or she has access, in that capacity.

 (6) The InspectorGeneral, a former InspectorGeneral, a staff member or a former staff member may give information or documents to his or her legal adviser for any purpose related to the person’s involvement, or possible involvement, in the inquiry conducted by, or any other activities of, a Commission.

 (7) In this section:

Commission means:

 (a) the Commission of inquiry into matters relating to the Australian Secret Intelligence Service issued by the GovernorGeneral by Letters Patent dated 15 March 1994 to the Honourable Gordon Jacob Samuels AC QC; or

 (b) the Commission of inquiry into matters relating to the Australian Secret Intelligence Service issued by the GovernorGeneral by Letters Patent dated 15 March 1994 to Michael Henry Codd AC;

and includes:

 (c) the Commissioner concerned; and

 (d) any person appointed to assist a Commission; and

 (e) any member of staff of a Commission;

performing any function in relation to the inquiry concerned.

InspectorGeneral includes an acting InspectorGeneral.

staff member means a member of the staff of the InspectorGeneral.

35  Annual report

 (1) The InspectorGeneral shall, as soon as practicable after each 30 June, prepare and furnish to the Prime Minister a report of the operations of the InspectorGeneral during the year that ended on that 30 June.

 (2) The InspectorGeneral shall include in a report prepared under subsection (1) the InspectorGeneral’s comments on any inquiry conducted by the InspectorGeneral in accordance with paragraph 8(1)(d) or 8(3)(c) during the year to which the report relates.

 (2A) The InspectorGeneral must include in a report prepared under subsection (1) the InspectorGeneral’s comments on any inspection conducted under section 9A during the year to which the report relates.

 (2B) The InspectorGeneral must include in a report prepared under subsection (1) the InspectorGeneral’s comments on the extent of compliance by ASIS and DSD, during the year to which the report relates, with rules made under section 15 of the Intelligence Services Act 2001.

Note: The rules referred to in subsection (2B) regulate the communication and retention of intelligence information.

 (3) The Prime Minister shall give a copy of a report furnished under subsection (1) to the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives, but it is the duty of the Leader of the Opposition to treat as secret any part of the report that is not tabled in a House of the Parliament.

 (4) Subject to subsection (5), the Prime Minister shall cause a copy of a report furnished under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after the report is received by the Prime Minister.

 (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the Prime Minister may make such deletions from a report furnished under subsection (1) as the Prime Minister considers necessary in order to avoid prejudice to security, the defence of Australia, Australia’s relations with other countries or the privacy of individuals.

36  Regulations

  The GovernorGeneral may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters:

 (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

 (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

Notes to the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

Note 1

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 101, 1986 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 24 November 2000 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act

Number
and year

Date
of Assent

Date of commencement

Application, saving or transitional provisions

InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

101, 1986

17 Oct 1986

1 Feb 1987 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1987, No. S13)

 

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987

141, 1987

18 Dec 1987

S. 3: 1 Feb 1987 (a)

S. 5(1)

Migration Legislation Amendment (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989

159, 1989

18 Dec 1989

S. 4: 19 Dec 1989 (b)

Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1990

75, 1990

22 Oct 1990

S. 5: Royal Assent (c)

Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act 1991

122, 1991

27 June 1991

Ss. 4(1), 10(b) and 1520: 1 Dec 1988
Ss. 28(b)(e), 30 and 31: 10 Dec 1991 (see Gazette 1991, No. S332)
Remainder: Royal Assent

S. 31(2)

Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment Act 1991

199, 1991

18 Dec 1991

18 Dec 1991

InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security Amendment Act 1994

50, 1994

7 Apr 1994

7 Apr 1994

Statute Law Revision Act 1996

43, 1996

25 Oct 1996

Schedule 4 (item 95): Royal Assent (d)

Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999

146, 1999

11 Nov 1999

Schedule 1 (items 546549): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (e)

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment Act 1999

161, 1999

10 Dec 1999

Schedule 3 (items 1, 3137): (f)
Schedule 5: Royal Assent (f)

Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000

137, 2000

24 Nov 2000

Ss. 13 and Schedule 1 (items 1, 4, 6, 7,
911, 32): Royal Assent
Remainder: 24 May 2001

Sch. 2 (items 418, 419) [see Table A]

Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001

49, 2001

21 June 2001

19 July 2001

S. 4 [see Table A]

Intelligence Services (Consequential Provisions) Act 2001

153, 2001

1 Oct 2001

29 Oct 2001 (see s. 2)

S. 4 [see Table A]

Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001

159, 2001

1 Oct 2001

29 Oct 2001

Sch. 1 (item 97) [see Table A]

Age Discrimination (Consequential Provisions) Act 2004

40, 2004

21 Apr 2004

Schedule 1 (items 911): 23 June 2004 (see s. 2)

Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Act 2005

128, 2005

4 Nov 2005

Schedules 1–8: 2 Dec 2005
Remainder: Royal Assent

AntiMoney Laundering and CounterTerrorism Financing (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2006

170, 2006

12 Dec 2006

Schedule 1 (items 149, 150): 13 Dec 2006 (see s. 2(1))

(a) The InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987, subsection 2(20) of which provides as follows:

 (20) The amendments of the InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the commencement of the firstmentioned Act.

(b) The InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 was amended by section 4 only of the Migration Legislation Amendment (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

 (2) Section 4 commences on the commencement of section 4 of the Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1989.

(c) The InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 was amended by section 5 only of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1990, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

 (1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(d) The InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 was amended by Schedule 4 (item 95) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(e) The InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 546549) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

 (1) In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

 (2) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(f) The InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 was amended by Schedule 3 (items 1 and 3137) and Schedule 5 only of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

 (1) This Act (other than Schedule 3) commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

 (2) Subject to subsections (3) to (6), Schedule 3 commences immediately after the commencement of the other Schedules to this Act.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

Part I

 

S. 3 ....................

am. No. 141, 1987; No. 159, 1989; No. 75, 1990; No. 161, 1999; No. 128, 2005

S. 5A ...................

ad. No. 49, 2001

Part II

 

Division 1

 

S. 6A ...................

ad. No. 199, 1991

S. 7 ....................

am. No. 199, 1991

Heading to s. 8 ...........

rs. No. 161, 1999

S. 8 ....................

am. No. 141, 1987; No. 75, 1990; No. 161, 1999; No. 40, 2004; No. 128, 2005

Heading to s. 9 ...........

rs. No. 161, 1999

S. 9A ...................

ad. No. 161, 1999

S. 9B ...................

ad. No. 128, 2005

Division 3

 

Heading to s. 15 ..........

am. No. 128, 2005

S. 15 ...................

am. No. 128, 2005

Heading to s. 16 ..........

am. No. 128, 2005

S. 16 ...................

am. No. 128, 2005

S. 17 ...................

am. No. 153, 2001

S. 18 ...................

am. No. 146, 1999; No. 137, 2000; No. 49, 2001

S. 19 ...................

am. No. 153, 2001; No. 128, 2005

S. 19A ..................

ad. No. 128, 2005

Division 4

 

S. 21 ...................

am. No. 128, 2005

Heading to s. 22 ..........

am. No. 128, 2005

S. 22 ...................

am. No. 161, 1999; No. 128, 2005; No. 170, 2006

S. 23 ...................

am. No. 161, 1999

S. 24A ..................

ad. No. 128, 2005

S. 25A ..................

ad. No. 161, 1999

Note to s. 25A.............

am. No. 170, 2006

Part III

 

S. 26 ...................

am. Nos. 153 and 159, 2001

S. 27 ...................

am. No. 43, 1996

S. 28 ...................

rs. No. 122, 1991

 

am. No. 146, 1999

S. 30 ...................

am. No. 122, 1991

S. 32 ...................

am. No. 146, 1999

Part IV

 

S. 32A ..................

ad. No. 199, 1991

 

am. No. 161, 1999; No. 128, 2005

S. 32B ..................

ad. No. 199, 1991

 

am. No. 128, 2005

S. 34 ...................

am. No. 161, 1999

S. 34A ..................

ad. No. 50, 1994

S. 35 ...................

am. No. 161, 1999; No. 153, 2001; No. 128, 2005

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 (No. 137, 2000)

Schedule 2

418  Transitional—precommencement offences

(1) Despite the amendment or repeal of a provision by this Schedule, that provision continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to:

 (a) an offence committed before the commencement of this item; or

 (b) proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed before the commencement of this item; or

 (c) any matter connected with, or arising out of, such proceedings;

as if the amendment or repeal had not been made.

(2) Subitem (1) does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

419  Transitional—precommencement notices

If:

 (a) a provision in force immediately before the commencement of this item required that a notice set out the effect of one or more other provisions; and

 (b) any or all of those other provisions are repealed by this Schedule; and

 (c) the firstmentioned provision is amended by this Schedule;

the amendment of the firstmentioned provision by this Schedule does not affect the validity of such a notice that was given before the commencement of this item.

 

Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 49, 2001)

4  Application of amendments

 (1) Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

 (2) For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.

 

Intelligence Services (Consequential Provisions) Act 2001 (No. 153, 2001)

4  Regulations

  The GovernorGeneral may make regulations providing for matters of a transitional nature (including any saving or application provision) arising out of the enactment of the Intelligence Services Act 2001, or the amendments made by this Act.

 

Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001
(No. 159, 2001)

Schedule 1

97  Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule do not apply to an appointment if the term of the appointment began before the commencement of this item.