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Commonwealth Coat of Arms

LIN 26/011

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) (Criminal Law-Enforcement Agency—ACT Integrity Commission) Declaration 2026

I, Tony Burke, Minister for Home Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated 19 January 2026

Signed

Tony Burke

Minister for Home Affairs

1 Name

This instrument is the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) (Criminal Law-Enforcement Agency—ACT Integrity Commission) Declaration 2026.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on 21 January 2026.

Note: See paragraph 110A(10)(b) of the Act for cessation of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under section 110A of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979.

4 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in subsection 5(1) of the Act, including criminal law-enforcement agency.

In this instrument:

Act means the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979.

ACT Integrity Commission has the same meaning given by Chapter 2 of the Integrity Commission Act 2018.

5 Declaration

(1) For paragraph 110A(3)(a) of the Act, the ACT Integrity Commission is declared to be a criminal law-enforcement agency. (2) For paragraph 110A(3)(b) of the Act, each staff member of the ACT Integrity Commission is declared to be an officer of the ACT Integrity Commission for the purposes of the Act.

6 Conditions

Under subsection 110A(6) of the Act, the declaration in section 5 is subject to the condition that ACT Integrity Commission officers are not to exercise powers under the Act with respect to any preliminary inquiries conducted by the ACT Integrity Commission under the authority of section 86 of the Integrity Commission Act 2018 (ACT).