Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY ACT 1986 - SECT 32A

             (1)  This section applies to the following documents which are issued on or after the day on which the Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment Act 1991 commences:

                     (a)  in the case of ASIO--a report referred to in subsection 94(1) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 without deletions;

                     (b)  in the case of ASIS--a report prepared on a periodic basis and given to the responsible Minister;

                     (c)  in the case of ONA--a report referred to in section 19 of the Office of National Assessments Act 1977 ;

                     (d)  in the case of DIGO, DIO and DSD--a report prepared on a periodic basis and given to the Secretary of the Defence Department.

             (2)  The Inspector-General may, in writing, request the head of an intelligence agency to give him or her a single copy of a document to which this section applies.

             (3)  The Inspector-General must sign the request.

             (4)  As soon as practicable after the head of the agency receives the request, he or she must, subject to subsection (5), give to the Inspector-General a single copy of the document specified in the request.

             (5)  Where:

                     (a)  in the case of ASIO, ASIS and ONA, the head of the agency has not provided the Minister with a copy of a report; or

                     (b)  in the case of DIGO, DIO and DSD, the head of the agency has not provided the Secretary of the Defence Department with a copy of a report;

the head need not give a copy of the report to the Inspector-General until the head has given the report to the Minister or Secretary, as the case may be.