41Protection of information, documents or things

41 Protection of information, documents or things

(1) If information, documents or things are provided to ONI under this Division by an intelligence agency or agency with an intelligence role or function, the Director‑General must make arrangements with the head of the relevant agency for the protection of the information, documents or things while they remain in ONI’s possession. (2) If such arrangements are not made, ONI must take all reasonable steps to ensure: (a) the appropriate storage, access, use or further disclosure of the information or documents, according to their sensitivity or classification; and (b) in relation to a thing: (i) the appropriate storage, access or use of the thing; and (ii) the appropriate further disclosure of information or documents generated from the thing; according to the thing’s sensitivity or classification. (3) Subsection (2) is subject to section 40.