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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 59B Notification to Ombudsman by Commonwealth agencies in relation to Part 5.3 warrants

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 59B

Notification to Ombudsman by Commonwealth agencies in relation to Part 5.3 warrants

  (1)   Within 6 months after a Part   5.3 warrant is issued in response to an application by a Commonwealth agency, the chief officer of the agency must:

  (a)   notify the Ombudsman that the warrant has been issued; and

  (b)   give to the Ombudsman a copy of the warrant.

  (2)   As soon as practicable after an officer of a Commonwealth agency contravenes any of the following conditions, restrictions or provisions, the chief officer of the agency must notify the Ombudsman of the contravention:

  (a)   a condition or restriction specified in the warrant under subsection   49(2);

  (b)   the following provisions, to the extent that they apply to the warrant:

  (i)   paragraph   57(1)(b);

  (ii)   subsection   63(1);

  (iii)   subsection   63(2);

  (iv)   section   79;

  (c)   section   79AA;

  (d)   subsection   103B(4).

  (3)   A failure to comply with subsection   (1) or (2) does not affect the validity of the warrant.