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14 Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Bill 2026 No. , 2026 (d) a magistrate.1 law enforcement agency means:2 (a) the Australian Federal Police; or3 (b) a police force of a State or Territory; or4 (c) a Commonwealth body, or an authority of a State or a5 Territory, that has functions relating to law enforcement.6 law enforcement or intelligence interests means interests in one or7 more of the following:8 (a) avoiding prejudice or disruption to national and international9 efforts relating to law enforcement, criminal intelligence,10 criminal investigation, foreign intelligence and security11 intelligence;12 (b) protecting the technologies and methods used to collect,13 analyse, secure or otherwise deal with, criminal intelligence,14 foreign intelligence or security intelligence;15 (c) the protection and safety of informants and of persons16 associated with informants;17 (d) ensuring that any of the following are not discouraged from18 giving information to a nation’s government and government19 agencies:20 (i) intelligence or security agencies;21 (ii) law enforcement agencies;22 (iii) foreign agencies responsible for intelligence, security or23 law enforcement;24 (e) avoiding disclosure of lawful methods or procedures for25 preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters26 arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure27 of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice28 the effectiveness of those methods or procedures.29 law of the Commonwealth includes a law in force in an external30 Territory or the Jervis Bay Territory, so far as the law is so in force31 because of an Act providing for the acceptance, administration or32 government of that Territory.33 legal aid officer means:34 No. , 2026 Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Bill 2026 15 (a) a member or member of staff of an authority established by1 or under a law of a State or Territory for purposes that2 include providing legal assistance; or3 (b) a person to whom the Attorney-General has delegated the4 Attorney-General’s powers and functions under section 269.5 legal practitioner means a barrister, a solicitor, a barrister and6 solicitor, or a legal practitioner, of the High Court or of the7 Supreme Court of a State or Territory.8 national policing information: see subsection 181(3).9 National Policing Information Committee: see Committee.10 national policing information function means any of the functions11 set out in the following:12 (a) paragraph 24(d);13 (b) paragraph 24(e);14 (c) paragraph 24(i), insofar as the doing of a thing is incidental15 or conducive to the performance of a function mentioned in16 paragraph (a) or (b) of this definition.17 national policing information system: see subsection 181(1).18 National Policing Information Systems and Services Special19 Account (or Account) means the special account continued in20 existence by section 204.21 non-disclosure notation: see subsection 101(1).22 notice to produce: see section 50.23 officer of Customs has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the24 Customs Act 1901.25 official matter: see subsection 101(3).26 ONI means the Office of National Intelligence.27 ordinary search means a search of a person or of articles in the28 possession of a person that may include:29