Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2016 (82 of 2016)

Schedule 9   Telecommunications interception

Part 1   Amendments

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

35   Subsection 67(1B)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1B) However, an officer or staff member of an agency may communicate to another person, make use of, or make a record of information mentioned in paragraph (1A)(a), (b) or (c) for a purpose or purposes set out in subsection (1C), and for no other purpose, if the information has not been communicated to an officer of the agency under section 68.

(1C) The purposes are purposes connected with:

(a) if the warrant under which the information was obtained relates to an investigation - the investigation; or

(b) if the information was obtained under a control order warrant - any of the following:

(i) the protection of the public from a terrorist act;

(ii) preventing the provision of support for, or the facilitation of, a terrorist act;

(iii) preventing the provision of support for, or the facilitation of, the engagement in a hostile activity in a foreign country;

(iv) determining whether the control order has been, or is being, complied with;

(v) the performance of a function or duty, or the exercise of a power, by a person, court or other body under, or in relation to a matter arising under, Division 104 of the Criminal Code;

(vi) a preventative detention order law.


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