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Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 - Declaration of agency - Independent Commission Against Corruption

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This instrument is a formal declaration by the Commonwealth Attorney‑General, at the request of the NSW Premier, that the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is an “agency” under the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979. The Attorney‑General records being satisfied that NSW law and the required intergovernmental agreement meet the Act’s conditions. The instrument changes ICAC’s legal status but does not describe any operational or funding consequences of that status.

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Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 - Declaration of agency - Independent Commission Against Corruption

Telecommunications (interception) Act 1979

Subsection 34 (1)

DECLARATION OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISION AGAINST CORRUPTION

WHEREAS the Premier of the State of New South Wales has requested that the Independent Commission Against Corruption be declared an agency for the purposes of the Act, and

WHEREAS I am satisfied that the law of New South Wales makes satisfactory provision in relation to the matters set out in subsection 35 (1) of the Act, and

WHEREAS I am satisfied that the State of New South Wales has entered into an agreement as required by subsection 35 (2) of the Act,

NOW THEREFORE I, Michael John Duffy, Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, hereby declare, under subsection 34 (1) of the Act, the Independent Commission Against Corruption to be an agency for the purposes of the Act.

Dated this 15th of May 1990.

MICHAEL DUFFY

Attorney-General

N.N.—9053133

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