National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 1) Act 2022 (31 of 2022)

Schedule 13   ASIO authorisations

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

6   Application of amendments

(1) Subsection 24(2A) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 (as inserted by this Schedule) applies in relation to approvals given after the commencement of this Schedule to exercise authority conferred by:

(a) a relevant warrant issued before or after that commencement; or

(b) a relevant device recovery provision relating to a relevant warrant issued before or after that commencement.

(2) Subsection 24(3A) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 (as inserted by this Schedule) applies in relation to the exercise by a person, after the commencement of this Schedule, of authority conferred by a relevant warrant or relevant device recovery provision, whether or not:

(a) approval for the person to exercise the authority was given before or after that commencement; or

(b) the warrant to which the authority relates was issued before or after that commencement.

(3) Subsection 12(1) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (as amended by this Schedule), and subsection 12(2) of that Act (as inserted by this Schedule), apply in relation to approvals given after the commencement of this Schedule to exercise authority conferred by a warrant issued before or after that commencement.

(4) Subsection 12(3) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (as inserted by this Schedule) applies in relation to the exercise by a person, after the commencement of this Schedule, of authority conferred by a warrant, whether or not:

(a) approval for the person to exercise the authority was given before or after that commencement; or

(b) the warrant to which the authority relates was issued before or after that commencement.