Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015 (39 of 2015)
Schedule 1 Data retention
Part 2 Other amendments
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
6 At the end of subsection 6R(3)
Add "and all the enforcement agencies".
6A After section 6DB
Insert:
6DC Part 4-1 issuing authorities
(1) The Minister 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 Minister under subsection (1).
(3) A person's appointment ceases to have effect if:
(a) the person ceases to be a person whom the Minister could appoint under this section; or
(b) the Minister, 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.