Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Act 2023 (33 of 2023)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 1   Main amendments

Division 1   Amendments to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

2   Section 4

Insert:

Commonwealth agency means a Minister or an authority of the Commonwealth.

security clearance decision means a decision to do any of the following:

(a) grant a security clearance to a person;

(b) deny a security clearance in respect of a person;

(c) impose, vary or remove conditions on a security clearance in respect of a person;

(d) suspend a security clearance, or revoke a suspension of a security clearance, held by a person;

(e) revoke a security clearance held by a person.

Note: See also subsection 82L(4) in relation to a decision of an internal reviewer (within the meaning of Part IVA).

security clearance suitability assessment means a statement in writing that:

(a) is furnished by the Organisation; and

(b) is about a person's suitability to hold a security clearance (with or without conditions imposed in respect of the security clearance) that has been, or may be, granted by another security vetting agency; and

(c) expressly states that it is a security clearance suitability assessment for the purposes of paragraph 82C(1)(d).