AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION ACT 1979 - SECT 35B Applications for authorities to conduct special intelligence operations

AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION ACT 1979 - SECT 35B

  (1)   The Director - General, a senior position - holder or an ASIO employee may apply to the Attorney - General for an authority to conduct a special intelligence operation on behalf of the Organisation.

  (2)   An application may be made:

  (a)   in writing signed by the applicant; or

  (b)   if the applicant reasonably believes that the delay caused by making a written application may be prejudicial to security--orally in person, or by telephone or other means of communication.

  (3)   To avoid doubt, nothing in this Division prevents an application for a special intelligence operation authority being made in respect of a special intelligence operation that has been the subject of a previous application.

Note:   A special intelligence operation authority can be varied, but not so as to extend beyond 12 months--see section   35F.

  (4)   As soon as practicable after making an application in accordance with paragraph   (2)(b), the applicant must:

  (a)   make a written record of the application; and

  (b)   give a copy of it to the Attorney - General.