Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Act 2021 (98 of 2021)

Schedule 2   Network activity warrants

Part 2   Consequential amendments

Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

106   Subsection 52(4)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(4) If:

(a) the agency is the IGIS or an intelligence agency; or

(b) the agency is ACIC or the Australian Federal Police, and the disclosure relates to the intelligence functions of the agency;

the IGIS may extend, or further extend, the 90-day period by such additional period (which may exceed 90 days) as the IGIS considers appropriate:

(c) on the IGIS's own initiative; or

(d) if the agency is not the IGIS - on application made by the principal officer of the agency; or

(e) on application made by the discloser.