Contents

Part I--Preliminary                                                                                                               1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1

4............ Objects of Act ..................................................................................... 4

5............ Application of Act ............................................................................... 5

5A......... Application of the Criminal Code ....................................................... 5

Part II--Inspector-General                                                                                               6

Division 1--Establishment and functions of Inspector-General             6

6............ Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security .................................... 6

6A......... Acting Inspector-General .................................................................... 6

7............ Appointment of Judge as Inspector-General not to affect tenure etc. .. 7

8............ Intelligence agency inquiry functions of Inspector-General ................ 7

9............ Additional inquiry functions of Inspector-General ............................ 11

9AA...... Limits on the Inspector-General's functions ..................................... 12

9A......... Inspection functions of Inspector-General ........................................ 12

9B......... Power to enter places of detention ..................................................... 12

Division 2--Complaints                                                                                              13

10.......... Form of complaints ........................................................................... 13

11.......... Inquiry into complaint ....................................................................... 13

12.......... Procedure where complaint not pursued ........................................... 14

13.......... Special arrangements for persons in custody .................................... 14

14.......... Preliminary inquiries ......................................................................... 15

Division 3--Inquiries                                                                                                   17

15.......... Inspector-General to inform certain persons before commencing an inquiry             17

16.......... Inspector-General to consult with Auditor-General and Ombudsman 17

17.......... Conduct of inquiries .......................................................................... 18

18.......... Power to obtain information and documents ..................................... 19

19.......... Entry to premises occupied by a Commonwealth agency .................. 21

19A....... Power to enter places of detention ..................................................... 22

20.......... Security of Commonwealth agency documents ................................. 22

Division 4--Reports                                                                                                     23

21.......... Draft reports relating to inquiries ...................................................... 23

22.......... Reports relating to inquiries given to Commonwealth agency head etc. 24

23.......... Advice to complainant ....................................................................... 25

24.......... Action as a result of reports .............................................................. 26

24A....... Action as a result of reports given to Minister or Secretary .............. 26

25.......... Reports concerning collection or communication of intelligence ....... 27

25A....... Reports relating to other inspections [see Note 2] ............................. 27

Part III--Administrative Provisions                                                                          28

26.......... Terms and conditions of appointment ............................................... 28

27.......... Remuneration and allowances ........................................................... 28

28.......... Leave of absence ............................................................................... 28

29.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 29

30.......... Termination of appointment .............................................................. 29

31.......... Disclosure of interests ....................................................................... 30

32.......... Staff .................................................................................................. 30

32AA.... Delegation ......................................................................................... 31

Part IV--Miscellaneous                                                                                                     32

32A....... Inspector-General may obtain reports ............................................... 32

32B....... Minister to give directions and guidelines to Inspector-General ........ 33

33.......... Protection from civil actions .............................................................. 33

34.......... Secrecy .............................................................................................. 33

34A....... Information and documents may be given to Royal Commissioners . 36

35.......... Annual report .................................................................................... 38

36.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 39

Notes                                                                                                                                              41

  

Notes to the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

Note 1

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 101, 1986 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For application, saving or transitional provisions made by the Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Act 2010, see Act No. 51, 2010.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 24 November 2000 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986	101, 1986	17 Oct 1986	1 Feb 1987 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1987, No. S13)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987	141, 1987	18 Dec 1987	S. 3: 1 Feb 1987 (a)	S. 5(1)
Migration Legislation Amendment (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989	159, 1989	18 Dec 1989	S. 4: 19 Dec 1989 (b)	--
Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1990	75, 1990	22 Oct 1990	S. 5: Royal Assent (c)	--
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act 1991	122, 1991	27 June 1991	Ss. 4(1), 10(b) and 15-20: 1 Dec 1988 Ss. 28(b)-(e), 30 and 31: 10 Dec 1991 (see Gazette 1991, No. S332) Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 31(2)
Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment Act 1991	199, 1991	18 Dec 1991	18 Dec 1991	--
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Amendment Act 1994	50, 1994	7 Apr 1994	7 Apr 1994	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 4 (item 95): Royal Assent (d)	--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 546-549): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (e)	--
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment Act 1999	161, 1999	10 Dec 1999	Schedule 3 (items 1, 31-37): (f) Schedule 5: Royal Assent (f)	--
Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000	137, 2000	24 Nov 2000	Ss. 1-3 and Schedule 1 (items 1, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 32): Royal Assent Remainder: 24 May 2001	Sch. 2 (items 418, 419) [see Table A]
Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	49, 2001	21 June 2001	19 July 2001	S. 4 [see Table A]
Intelligence Services (Consequential Provisions) Act 2001	153, 2001	1 Oct 2001	29 Oct 2001 (see s. 2)	S. 4 [see Table A]
Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001	159, 2001	1 Oct 2001	29 Oct 2001	Sch. 1 (item 97) [see Table A]
Age Discrimination (Consequential Provisions) Act 2004	40, 2004	21 Apr 2004	Schedule 1 (items 9-11): 23 June 2004 (see s. 2)	--
Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Act 2005	128, 2005	4 Nov 2005	Schedules 1-8: 2 Dec 2005 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2006	170, 2006	12 Dec 2006	Schedule 1 (items 149, 150): 13 Dec 2006 (see s. 2(1))	--
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Act 2007	52, 2007	12 Apr 2007	Schedule 1 (items 62, 69): 13 Apr 2007	Sch. 1 (item 69) [see Table A]
Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act 2009	70, 2009	8 July 2009	Schedule 2 (items 93-100) and Schedule 3 (items 40-42): 5 Aug 2009	--
Freedom of Information (Removal of Conclusive Certificates and Other Measures) Act 2009	99, 2009	6 Oct 2009	Schedule 4: 7 Oct 2009	--
Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Act 2010	51, 2010	31 May 2010	Schedule 6 (items 49-52) and Schedule 7: (g)	Sch. 7 [see Note 1]
National Security Legislation Amendment Act 2010	127, 2010	24 Nov 2010	Schedule 9: 25 Nov 2010	--
Tax Laws Amendment (Confidentiality of Taxpayer Information) Act 2010	145, 2010	16 Dec 2010	Schedule 2 (items 53-54): 17 Dec 2010	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 6 (items 56-62) and Schedule 7 (item 76): 19 Apr 2011	--
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (items 719-722) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011	Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) [see Table A]
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Amendment Act 2011	118, 2011	14 Oct 2011	Schedule 1: 15 Oct 2011	--

(a)     The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987, subsection 2(20) of which provides as follows:

               (20)   The amendments of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the commencement of the first-mentioned Act.

(b)     The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 was amended by section 4 only of the Migration Legislation Amendment (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Section 4 commences on the commencement of section 4 of the Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1989.

(c)     The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 was amended by section 5 only of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1990, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(d)     The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 was amended by Schedule 4 (item 95) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(e)     The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 546-549) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(f)      The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 was amended by Schedule 3 (items 1 and 31-37) and Schedule 5 only of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   This Act (other than Schedule 3) commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

                 (2)   Subject to subsections (3) to (6), Schedule 3 commences immediately after the commencement of the other Schedules to this Act.

(g)     Subsection 2(1) (item 7) of the Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Act 2010 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
7.  Schedules 4 to 7	Immediately after the commencement of section 3 of the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010. However, if section 3 of the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 does not commence, the provision(s) do not commence at all.	1 November 2010

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part I
S. 3 .....................................	am. No. 141, 1987; No. 159, 1989; No. 75, 1990; No. 161, 1999; No. 128, 2005; No. 70, 2009; No. 127, 2010; No. 5, 2011
S. 4......................................	am. No. 127, 2010; No. 118, 2011
S. 5A ..................................	ad. No. 49, 2001
Part II
Division 1
S. 6A ..................................	ad. No. 199, 1991
	am. No. 46, 2011
Note to s. 6A(1)..................	ad. No. 46, 2011
S. 7 .....................................	am. No. 199, 1991
Heading to s. 8 .................	rs. No. 161, 1999
	am. No. 127, 2010
S. 8 .....................................	am. No. 141, 1987; No. 75, 1990; No. 161, 1999; No. 40, 2004; No. 128, 2005; No. 70, 2009; No. 127, 2010; No. 118, 2011
Heading to s. 9 .................	rs. No. 161, 1999; No. 127, 2010
S. 9......................................	rs. No. 127, 2010
S. 9AA.................................	ad. No. 127, 2010
S. 9A ..................................	ad. No. 161, 1999
	am. No. 127, 2010
S. 9B ..................................	ad. No. 128, 2005
Division 2
Ss. 11, 12............................	am. No. 127, 2010
S. 14....................................	am. No. 127, 2010; No. 118, 2011
Division 3
Heading to s. 15 ...............	am. No. 128, 2005
S. 15 ...................................	am. No. 128, 2005; No. 127, 2010; No. 5, 2011
Heading to s. 16 ...............	am. No. 128, 2005
S. 16 ...................................	am. No. 128, 2005; No. 127, 2010
S. 17 ...................................	am. No. 153, 2001; No. 127, 2010
S. 18 ...................................	am. No. 146, 1999; No. 137, 2000; No. 49, 2001; No. 127, 2010
Heading to s. 19................	am. No. 127, 2010
S. 19 ...................................	am. No. 153, 2001; No. 128, 2005; No. 127, 2010
S. 19A ................................	ad. No. 128, 2005
Heading to s. 20................	am. No. 127, 2010
S. 20....................................	am. No. 127, 2010
Division 4
S. 21 ...................................	am. No. 128, 2005; No. 127, 2010; No. 5, 2011
Heading to s. 22 ...............	am. No. 128, 2005; No. 127, 2010
S. 22 ...................................	am. No. 161, 1999; No. 128, 2005; No. 170, 2006; No. 52, 2007; Nos. 127 and 145, 2010; No. 118, 2011
Note to s. 22(3)..................	am. No. 145, 2010
S. 23 ...................................	am. No. 161, 1999; No. 127, 2010
S. 24....................................	am. No. 127, 2010
S. 24A ................................	ad. No. 128, 2005
	am. No. 127, 2010; No. 5, 2011
S. 25A ................................	ad. No. 161, 1999
	am. No. 127, 2010
Note to s. 25A....................	am. No. 170, 2006
Part III
S. 26 ...................................	am. Nos. 153 and 159, 2001
S. 27 ...................................	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 28 ...................................	rs. No. 122, 1991
	am. No. 146, 1999
S. 30 ...................................	am. No. 122, 1991
S. 32 ...................................	am. No. 146, 1999; No. 118, 2011
S. 32AA ..............................	ad. No. 118, 2011
Part IV
S. 32A ................................	ad. No. 199, 1991
	am. No. 161, 1999; No. 128, 2005; No. 127, 2010; No. 5, 2011
S. 32B ................................	ad. No. 199, 1991
	am. No. 128, 2005; No. 127, 2010
S. 34 ...................................	am. No. 161, 1999; No. 99, 2009; No. 51, 2010; No. 118, 2011
S. 34A ................................	ad. No. 50, 1994
	am. No. 118, 2011
S. 35 ...................................	am. No. 161, 1999; No. 153, 2001; No. 128, 2005; No. 127, 2010; No. 118, 2011

Note 2

Section 25A (note)--Schedule 2 (item 55) of the Tax Laws Amendment (Confidentiality of Taxpayer Information) Act 2010 (No. 145, 2010) provides as follows:

Schedule 2

55  Section 25A (note)

Omit "Section 3EC of", substitute "Subdivision 355-C in Schedule 1 to".

The proposed amendment was misdescribed and is not incorporated in this compilation.

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 (No. 137, 2000)

Schedule 2

418  Transitional--pre-commencement offences

(1)       Despite the amendment or repeal of a provision by this Schedule, that provision continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to:

                     (a)  an offence committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (b)  proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (c)  any matter connected with, or arising out of, such proceedings;

as if the amendment or repeal had not been made.

(2)       Subitem (1) does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

419  Transitional--pre-commencement notices

If:

                     (a)  a provision in force immediately before the commencement of this item required that a notice set out the effect of one or more other provisions; and

                     (b)  any or all of those other provisions are repealed by this Schedule; and

                     (c)  the first-mentioned provision is amended by this Schedule;

the amendment of the first-mentioned provision by this Schedule does not affect the validity of such a notice that was given before the commencement of this item.

Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 49, 2001)

4  Application of amendments

             (1)  Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.

Intelligence Services (Consequential Provisions) Act 2001 (No. 153, 2001)

4  Regulations

                   The Governor-General may make regulations providing for matters of a transitional nature (including any saving or application provision) arising out of the enactment of the Intelligence Services Act 2001, or the amendments made by this Act.

Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001
(No. 159, 2001)

Schedule 1

97  Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule do not apply to an appointment if the term of the appointment began before the commencement of this item.

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Act 2007 (No. 52, 2007)

Schedule 1

69  Application of amendment--section 22 of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

The amendment of section 22 of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 made by this Schedule applies in relation to a report prepared under subsection 22(1) of that Act after the commencement of this item.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.