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

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 2   Consequential amendments commencing with the main amendments

Telecommunications Act 1997

317   After subsection 317ZF(5)

Insert:

(5AA) If a technical assistance notice is given by the chief officer of an interception agency of a State or Territory, an IGIS official may disclose technical assistance notice information that relates to the notice to an officer or employee of an authority that is the State or Territory inspecting authority in relation to the interception agency, so long as the disclosure is in connection with the officer or employee exercising powers, or performing functions or duties, as an officer or employee of the State or Territory inspecting authority.

(5AB) If a technical assistance request is given by the chief officer of an interception agency of a State or Territory, an IGIS official may disclose technical assistance request information that relates to the request to an officer or employee of an authority that is the State or Territory inspecting authority in relation to the interception agency, so long as the disclosure is in connection with the officer or employee exercising powers, or performing functions or duties, as an officer or employee of the State or Territory inspecting authority.