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 (Interception and Access) Act 1979

341   At the end of section 92A

Add:

Exchange of information between IGIS and State inspecting authorities

(5) The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security may give information that:

(a) relates to a State agency; and

(b) was obtained by an IGIS official under the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986; and

(c) relates to the use of powers under this Act by an intelligence agency (within the meaning of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986);

to the State inspecting authority in relation to the State agency.

(6) The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security may only give information to an authority under subsection (5) if the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security is satisfied that the giving of the information is necessary to enable the authority to perform its functions in relation to the State agency.

(7) The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security may receive, from a State inspecting authority, information that:

(a) relates to the use of powers under this Act by an intelligence agency (within the meaning of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986); and

(b) is relevant to the performance of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security's functions under that Act.