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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
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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