171Director-General to give reports about concealment activities15

171 Director-General to give reports about concealment activities15 Report about concealment activities conducted after warrant16 ceases to be in force17 (1) The Director-General must give the Attorney-General, the Minister18 and the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security a written19 report if:20 (a) a premises search warrant ceases to be in force; and21 (b) a thing was done under paragraph 158(1)(j) in connection22 with the warrant at a time during any of the following periods23 (each of which is a prescribed post-cessation period):24 (i) the period of 3 months after the day the warrant ceased25 to be in force;26 (ii) a subsequent 3 month period; and27 (c) the thing has not been dealt with in a report under subsection28 170(1).29 (2) The report must:30 (a) contain details of the extent to which doing the thing has31 assisted the ACIC in carrying out its functions; and32 (b) be given as soon as practicable after the end of the prescribed33 post-cessation period that applies to the report.34

No. , 2026 Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Bill 2026 187 Report about concealment activities likely to be conducted after1 warrant ceases to be in force2 (3) The Director-General must give the Attorney-General, the Minister3 and the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security a written4 report if:5 (a) a premises search warrant ceases to be in force; and6 (b) it is likely that a thing will be done under paragraph 158(1)(j)7 in connection with the warrant at a time during any of the8 following periods (each of which is a prescribed9 post-cessation period):10 (i) the period of 3 months after the day the warrant ceased11 to be in force;12 (ii) a subsequent 3 month period.13 (4) The report must:14 (a) contain details of the extent to which doing the thing will15 assist the ACIC in carrying out its functions; and16 (b) be given as soon as practicable after the beginning of the17 prescribed post-cessation period that applies to the report.18 Provisions for the avoidance of doubt19 (5) To avoid doubt, if, during a prescribed post-cessation period, it20 ceases to be likely that a thing will be done under 158(1)(j) in21 connection with the warrant, subsection (3) does not require a22 report to be given in relation to the thing.23 (6) Nothing in this section prevents the Director-General from24 including in a single report:25 (a) more than one thing that was done during a prescribed26 post-cessation period as referred to in paragraph (1)(b); or27 (b) more than one thing that is likely to be done during a28 prescribed post-cessation period as referred to in29 paragraph (3)(b); or30 (c) a report as required under subsection (1) and a report as31 required under subsection (3).32