6SPermitted purposes—integrity purposes

#### 6S Permitted purposes—integrity purposes (1) For the purposes of paragraph (aaa) of the definition of permitted purpose in subsection 5(1), a purpose mentioned in column 2 of an item in the following table is a permitted purpose in relation to a Commonwealth agency, or the Immigration and Border Protection Department, as mentioned in column 1 of that item. ```html <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:343.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Permitted purposes—integrity purposes</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:123.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 1—Commonwealth agency or Immigration and Border Protection Department</span></p></td><td style="width:173.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 2—Permitted purpose</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:123.35pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) Australian Federal Police; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) ACC; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) National Anti</span><span>‑</span><span>Corruption Commission; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) Immigration and Border Protection Department.</span></p></td><td style="width:173.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A purpose connected with:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) a decision about whether to apply for an integrity authority; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) designing, but not conducting, an integrity operation; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) an application for an integrity authority; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) granting an integrity authority.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:123.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) Australian Federal Police; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) ACC; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) National Anti</span><span>‑</span><span>Corruption Commission.</span></p></td><td style="width:173.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A purpose connected with an application for any warrant, authorisation or order, under a law of the Commonwealth, that is made for the purposes of an integrity operation.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:123.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) Australian Federal Police; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) ACC.</span></p></td><td style="width:173.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A purpose connected with disciplinary or legal action in relation to an eligible staff member of that agency, if arising out of, or otherwise related to, an integrity operation.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table> ``` > Note: The Commonwealth agencies are the ACC, the Australian Federal Police and the National Anti‑Corruption Commission (see subsection 5(1)). (2) In this section: > disciplinary or legal action, in relation to an eligible staff member of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, means any of the following: (a) action in respect of alleged misconduct of the staff member; (b) termination of the employment or appointment of the staff member; (c) a disciplinary proceeding in relation to the staff member, or a report of such a proceeding; (d) the investigation of an offence suspected to have been committed by the staff member; (e) a legal proceeding in relation to the staff member, or a report of such a proceeding. Disciplinary or legal action also includes the consideration of whether an action or proceeding covered by this definition should be taken or brought. > disciplinary proceeding: (a) means a proceeding of a disciplinary nature under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; and (b) includes action taken under Subdivision D of Division 3 of Part V of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979. > eligible staff member, of the Australian Federal Police or the ACC, means a staff member of that agency within the meaning of the National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act 2022 (see section 12 of that Act).