National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 3) Act 2024 (24 of 2024)

Schedule 1   Security assessments

Part 2   Security assessments and preliminary communications

Division 4   Temporary actions by Commonwealth agencies

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

24   At the end of section 39

Add:

(4) Subsection (1) does not prevent a Commonwealth agency from taking action that is of a temporary nature and is:

(a) of a kind referred to in paragraph (g) or (h) of the definition of prescribed administrative action in subsection 35(1); or

(b) of a kind:

(i) referred to in paragraph (i) of the definition of prescribed administrative action in subsection 35(1); and

(ii) prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subparagraph;

if, on the basis of a preliminary communication by the Organisation, the Commonwealth agency is satisfied that the requirements of security make it necessary to take that action as a matter of urgency pending the furnishing of an assessment by the Organisation.