179Offence—failure to comply with assistance order16

179 Offence—failure to comply with assistance order16 A person commits an offence if:17 (a) the person is subject to an assistance order; and18 (b) the person is capable of complying with the order; and19 (c) the person engages in conduct; and20 (d) the person’s conduct contravenes the order.21 Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 300 penalty units, or both.22

194 Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Bill 2026 No. , 2026 Part 6—National Policing Information systems and1 services2 Division 1—Preliminary3 180 Simplified outline of this Part4 The ACIC is the administrator of the national policing information5 system and has specific functions in relation to the system.6 A person or body who provides national policing information:7 (a) is the contributor of the information; and8 (b) continues to be responsible for the information.9 A person or body who accesses national policing information is a10 user of the information.11 A law of a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern12 Territory may confer a duty, function or power that relates to13 national policing information functions on the ACIC, the14 Director-General or an ACIC staff member.15 The Director-General may approve a person or body as an16 accredited body for the purposes of requesting and receiving17 nationally coordinated criminal history check services on behalf of18 consenting applicants.19 The ACIC may communicate information from nationally20 coordinated criminal history check services subject to certain21 conditions.22 The functions of the National Policing Information Committee23 include advising about priorities for national policing information24 systems and services and making recommendations to the Minister25 about charges for providing nationally coordinated criminal history26 check services.27

No. , 2026 Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Bill 2026 195 Charges, fees and other amounts received by the ACIC relating to1 national policing information functions are credited to the National2 Policing Information Systems and Services Special Account.3

196 Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Bill 2026 No. , 2026 Division 2—The national policing information system1 181 The national policing information system2 (1) The Director-General may, by writing, declare that a system for3 correlating, providing access to, or facilitating the exchange of,4 information is part of the national policing information system.5 (2) A declaration made under subsection (1) is a legislative instrument,6 but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not7 apply to the declaration.8 Meaning of national policing information9 (3) National policing information:10 (a) is information that can be accessed through the national11 policing information system; and12 (b) includes information that has been provided to the ACIC13 solely for the purposes of being made available through the14 national policing information system.15 182 The administrator16 (1) The ACIC is the administrator of the national policing information17 system.18 (2) The functions of the ACIC as administrator of the system include19 the following:20 (a) developing, supporting and maintaining the system, including21 by scoping, enhancing and improving the system;22 (b) providing assistance to contributors and users, including in23 relation to accessing and using the system;24 (c) restricting or preventing access to national policing25 information in accordance with instructions of contributors;26 (d) ensuring that users of the system are notified of restrictions27 or conditions on the use of national policing information in28 accordance with the instructions of contributors;29