Law Enforcement Integrity Legislation Amendment Act 2012 (194 of 2012)

Schedule 1   Integrity testing and expansion of coverage by ACLEI

Part 3   Related amendments

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

88   After section 139

Insert:

139A Dealing for integrity purposes

(1) An officer or staff member of a Commonwealth agency may, for one or more purposes referred to in subsection (2), and for no other purpose (other than a purpose referred to in subsection 139(2), if applicable), communicate to another person, make use of, or make a record of the following:

(a) lawfully accessed information other than foreign intelligence information;

(b) stored communications warrant information.

(2) The purposes are:

(a) a permitted purpose mentioned in the table in section 6S in relation to the agency or another Commonwealth agency; or

(b) purposes connected with the keeping of records by the agency under Part 3-5.