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

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 7   Exemptions from freedom of information law

Freedom of Information Act 1982

22   After subsection 7(2F)

Insert:

(2G) A Minister and an agency are exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to the following documents:

(a) a document (an AUSTRAC intelligence document ) that has originated with, or has been received from, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ( AUSTRAC ) and that concerns information that was communicated to AUSTRAC:

(i) under section 16 of the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988; or

(ii) under section 41 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006; or

(iii) in response to a notice given under section 49 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006;

(b) a document that contains a summary of, or an extract or information from, an AUSTRAC intelligence document, to the extent that it contains such a summary, extract or information.