National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 2) Act 2023 (53 of 2023)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 8   Review under the archives law

Freedom of Information Act 1982

33   Section 55ZA

Repeal the section, substitute:

55ZA Evidence by Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security - scope

This Division applies in an IC review of a decision in relation to a document that:

(a) is claimed to be an exempt document under section 33 (national security documents); and

(b) relates directly or indirectly to:

(i) the performance of the functions or duties, or the exercise of the powers, of a body mentioned in paragraph (a) of the definition of intelligence agency in subsection 3(1) of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986; or

(ii) the performance of an intelligence function (within the meaning of that Act) of a body mentioned in paragraph (b) of that definition; and

(c) is not a document of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security.