Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
6SPermitted purposes—integrity purposes
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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.
<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>