sec.165Validation of security sensitive authority issued to government entity or Commonwealth entity contrary to s 17

sec.165 Validation of security sensitive authority issued to government entity or Commonwealth entity contrary to s 17

This section applies if— before the commencement, the chief inspector made a decision under section 17(1)(a) to issue a security sensitive authority to a government entity or a Commonwealth entity; and each executive officer of the government entity or the Commonwealth entity did not hold a security clearance as required under section 17(2)(c). Each of the following things is taken to be, and always to have been, as valid as it would have been if each executive officer of the government entity or the Commonwealth entity did hold a security clearance as required under section 17(2)(c)— the making of the decision to issue the security sensitive authority; the security sensitive authority; anything done under the security sensitive authority whether before or after the commencement; an omission of the chief inspector to suspend or cancel the security sensitive authority under section 23(1)(k) because each executive officer of the government entity or the Commonwealth entity did hold a security clearance as required under section 17(2)(c). s 165 ins 2024 No. 34 s 146 (sec.165-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, the chief inspector made a decision under section 17(1)(a) to issue a security sensitive authority to a government entity or a Commonwealth entity; and each executive officer of the government entity or the Commonwealth entity did not hold a security clearance as required under section 17(2)(c). (sec.165-ssec.2) Each of the following things is taken to be, and always to have been, as valid as it would have been if each executive officer of the government entity or the Commonwealth entity did hold a security clearance as required under section 17(2)(c)— the making of the decision to issue the security sensitive authority; the security sensitive authority; anything done under the security sensitive authority whether before or after the commencement; an omission of the chief inspector to suspend or cancel the security sensitive authority under section 23(1)(k) because each executive officer of the government entity or the Commonwealth entity did hold a security clearance as required under section 17(2)(c).

• (a) before the commencement, the chief inspector made a decision under section 17(1)(a) to issue a security sensitive authority to a government entity or a Commonwealth entity; and
• (b) each executive officer of the government entity or the Commonwealth entity did not hold a security clearance as required under section 17(2)(c).
• (a) the making of the decision to issue the security sensitive authority;
• (b) the security sensitive authority;
• (c) anything done under the security sensitive authority whether before or after the commencement;