Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 65

             (1)  The Director-General of Security may, personally, or by a person authorised by the Director-General, communicate to another person, in accordance with subsection 18(3) or (4A), or subsection 19A(4) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 the following:

                     (a)  lawfully intercepted information;

                     (b)  interception warrant information.

             (2)  A person to whom foreign intelligence information has been communicated in accordance with subsection (1), or in accordance with an approval given under this subsection, may communicate that information to such persons, and in such manner, as are approved in writing by the Attorney-General.

             (3)  Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to information:

                     (a)  obtained by a person referred to in paragraph 55(3)(c) or (d) by intercepting a communication when exercising authority under a warrant issued to an agency; or

                     (b)  communicated, in accordance with section 66, to a person referred to in paragraph 55(3)(c); or

                     (c)  that is interception warrant information in relation to a warrant issued to an agency;

unless the information has been communicated to the Director-General of Security under section 68.

Note:          See subsection 64(4) for when the Director-General of Security may communicate information, referred to in paragraph (3)(a), (b) or (c) of this section, that has not been communicated under section 68.