Strengthening Oversight of the National Intelligence Community Act 2025 (75 of 2025)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 1   Main amendments

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

11   Subsection 8(3B)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Intelligence agency inquiry functions in relation to ACIC

(4) Subject to this section, the functions of the Inspector-General in relation to ACIC are:

(a) at the request of the Attorney-General or the responsible Minister, of the Inspector-General's own motion, or in response to a complaint made to the Inspector-General, to inquire into any matter that relates to:

(i) the compliance by that agency with the laws of the Commonwealth and of the States and Territories; or

(ii) the compliance by that agency with directions or guidelines given to that agency by the responsible Minister; or

(iii) the propriety of particular activities of that agency; and

(b) at the request of the Attorney-General or the responsible Minister, of the Inspector-General's own motion, or in response to a complaint made to the Inspector-General, to inquire into any matter that relates to the effectiveness and appropriateness of the procedures of that agency relating to the legality or propriety of the activities of that agency; and

(c) at the request of the Attorney-General or the responsible Minister, of the Inspector-General's own motion, or in response to a complaint made to the Inspector-General, to inquire into any matter that relates to an act or practice of that agency:

(i) that is or may be inconsistent with or contrary to any human right; or

(ii) that constitutes or may constitute discrimination; or

(iii) that is or may be unlawful under the Age Discrimination Act 2004, the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 or the Sex Discrimination Act 1984; and

(d) at the request of the Attorney-General or the responsible Minister, or of the Inspector-General's own motion, to inquire into any matter that relates to the procedures of that agency relating to redress of grievances of employees of that agency; and

(e) at the request of the Attorney-General or the responsible Minister, of the Inspector-General's own motion, or in response to a complaint made to the Inspector-General, to inquire into the compliance by that agency with:

(i) directions or guidelines given to that agency; or

(ii) policies or other decisions made;

by the Board of ACIC or the Inter-Governmental Committee established under the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002; and

(f) at the request of the Attorney-General or the responsible Minister, or of the Inspector-General's own motion, to inquire into any matter that may relate to compliance by that agency with the positive duty in relation to sex discrimination.