215Automation of specified criminal intelligence assessment action3

215 Automation of specified criminal intelligence assessment action3 (1) The Director-General may, in writing, arrange for the use, under4 the Director-General’s oversight, of computer programs to take5 specified criminal intelligence assessment action that must be taken6 by the ACIC under this Act.7 (2) Before making an arrangement under subsection (1), the8 Director-General must consult the Inspector-General of9 Intelligence and Security.10 (3) As soon as practicable after making an arrangement under11 subsection (1), the Director-General must give a copy of the12 arrangement to the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security.13 (4) Specified criminal intelligence assessment action is:14 (a) performing, or refusing or failing to perform, a function or15 duty under subsection 211(6); or16 (b) performing, or refusing or failing to perform, a function or17 duty under subsection 212(2); or18 (c) doing, or refusing or failing to do, anything related to19 performing a function or duty under the subsection20 mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).21 ACIC treated as having taken specified criminal intelligence22 assessment action23 (5) Specified criminal intelligence assessment action taken by the24 operation of a computer program under an arrangement under25 subsection (1) is treated, for all purposes, as specified criminal26 intelligence assessment action taken by the ACIC.27 Substituting specified criminal intelligence assessment action28 (6) The ACIC may take specified criminal intelligence assessment29 action, or make a criminal intelligence assessment under30 Division 3 Automation of specified criminal intelligence assessment action