Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (State Bodies and Other Measures) Act 2016 (86 of 2016)

Schedule 1   Law Enforcement Conduct Commission of New South Wales

Part 2   Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

Division 1   Amendments

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

19   At the end of section 5

Add:

Permitted purposes - Inspector of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission

(6A) For the purposes of subparagraph (dc)(i) of the definition of permitted purpose in subsection (1), agency maladministration in relation to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has the same meaning as it has in the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016 (NSW) in relation to the NSW Police Force or the Crime Commission.

Permitted purposes - Law Enforcement Conduct Commission

(7) For the purposes of subparagraph (e)(i) of the definition of permitted purpose in subsection (1), this subsection applies to conduct that:

(a) both:

(i) involves a police officer, administrative employee or Crime Commission officer; and

(ii) the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has decided is (or could be) serious misconduct or officer maladministration that is serious maladministration and should be investigated; or

(b) both:

(i) involves the Commissioner of Police or a Deputy Commissioner of Police; and

(ii) is (or could be) police misconduct or officer maladministration; or

(c) both:

(i) involves the Crime Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner of the Crime Commission; and

(ii) is (or could be) Crime Commission officer misconduct or officer maladministration; or

(d) both Houses of the Parliament of New South Wales refer to the Commission for investigation under section 196 of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016 (NSW).

(8) An expression used in subsection (7) of this section and in the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016 (NSW) has the same meaning in that subsection as in that Act.