Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION ACT 1979 - SECT 24

             (1)  The Director‑General, or a senior officer of the Organisation appointed by the Director‑General in writing to be an authorising officer for the purposes of this subsection, may, by signed writing, approve officers and employees of the Organisation, and other people, as people authorised to exercise, on behalf of the Organisation, the authority conferred by relevant warrants or relevant device recovery provisions.

             (2)  The authority conferred by a relevant warrant or relevant device recovery provision may be exercised on behalf of the Organisation only by the Director‑General or an officer, employee or other person approved under subsection (1).

             (3)  In this section:

"relevant device recovery provision" means subsection 26(6A), 26B(7), 26C(7), 27A(3A) or (3B).

"relevant warrant" means a warrant issued under section 25, 25A, 26, 26B, 26C, 27, 27A, 27AA or 29 or under Division 3.

"senior officer of the Organisation" means an officer of the Organisation who holds or performs the duties of an office that is:

                     (a)  equivalent to a position occupied by an SES employee; or

                     (b)  designated as an office of Coordinator by the Director‑General under section 85.