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.