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

Schedule 5   Application and transitional provisions for Schedules 1 and 2

2   Application - amendments of the Intelligence Services Act 2001 in Part 1 of Schedule 1

General application provision

(1) The amendments of the Intelligence Services Act 2001, made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act, apply (subject to this item) in relation to the performance of any functions by ACIC, AFP, AUSTRAC and the Department of Home Affairs after the commencement of that Part.

Administration and expenditure

(2) The amendments of paragraph 29(1)(a) of the Intelligence Services Act 2001, made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act, apply in relation to the first financial year that ends after the commencement of that Part.

PJCIS request function

(3) Subsection 29(2A) of the Intelligence Services Act 2001, as inserted by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act, applies in relation to activities of an agency occurring before or after the commencement of that Part.

Reports to Parliament

(4) The amendments of clause 7 of Schedule 1 to the Intelligence Services Act 2001, made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act, apply in relation to any report presented to a House of the Parliament after the commencement of that Part (whether in relation to information obtained before or after that commencement).

PJCIS meetings and subcommittees

(5) The amendments of Schedule 1 to the Intelligence Services Act 2001,made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act (except clause 7), apply in relation to:

(a) any meeting conducted by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security after the commencement of that Part; and

(b) subcommittees of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security after the commencement of that Part, whether the subcommittee was established before or after that commencement.