National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 2) Act 2023 (53 of 2023)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 5   Reporting by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

15   After subsection 35(2AA)

Insert:

(2AB) The Inspector-General must include in a report referred to in subsection (2):

(a) the number of complaints made to the Inspector-General under Division 2 of Part II of this Act during the period to which the report relates; and

(b) the kinds of matters to which the complaints related; and

(c) the actions taken by the Inspector-General in response to the complaints, including the number of inquiries conducted by the Inspector-General in response to the complaints; and

(d) a summary of the actions taken by the relevant intelligence agencies in response to the following:

(i) the complaints;

(ii) the Inspector-General's conclusions and recommendations as a result of the inquiries.

(2AC) The Inspector-General must include in a report referred to in subsection (2):

(a) the number of disclosures of information received by the Inspector-General under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 during the period to which the report relates; and

(b) the kinds of disclosable conduct with which the information was concerned; and

(c) the actions taken by the Inspector-General to handle the disclosures, including:

(i) the number of inquiries conducted by the Inspector-General under this Act; and

(ii) the number of investigations conducted by the Inspector-General under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013; and

(d) a summary of the actions taken by the relevant intelligence agencies in response to the following:

(i) the disclosures;

(ii) the Inspector-General's conclusions and recommendations as a result of the inquiries or investigations;

(iii) any other matters set out in reports relating to the inquiries or investigations.

(2AD) The head of an intelligence agency must give the Inspector-General such information and assistance as the Inspector-General reasonably requires in relation to the matters mentioned in paragraphs (2AB)(d) and (2AC)(d).