Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 68

                   The chief officer of an agency (in this section called the originating agency ) may, personally, or by an officer of the originating agency authorised by the chief officer, communicate lawfully intercepted information that was originally obtained by the originating agency or interception warrant information:

                     (a)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to activities prejudicial to security--to the Director-General of Security; and

                     (b)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to the commission of a relevant offence in relation to another agency:

                              (i)  if the other agency is the Australian Federal Police or the Police Force of a State--to a member of the Australian Federal Police or an officer of that Police Force, as the case may be; or

                             (ii)  in any other case--to the chief officer of the other agency; and

                     (c)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to:

                              (i)  the subject matter of a proceeding under a law of the Commonwealth for the confiscation or forfeiture of property, or for the imposition of a pecuniary penalty, in connection with the commission of a prescribed offence; or

                             (ii)  an act or omission by a member of the Australian Federal Police that may give rise to a proceeding against that member, or to which a proceeding against that member relates, being a police disciplinary proceeding; or

                           (iia)  an act or omission by an AFP employee or special member of the Australian Federal Police that may give rise to a decision by the Commissioner of Police to terminate the employment of the employee or the appointment of the special member; or

                            (iii)  misbehaviour or improper conduct of an officer of the Commonwealth;

                            and the originating agency is not the Australian Federal Police--to the Commissioner of Police; and

                    (ca)  if:

                              (i)  the information relates, or appears to relate, to an act or omission by a member of the staff of the ACC that may give rise to a decision by the Chief Executive Officer of the ACC to terminate the employment of the staff member; and

                             (ii)  the originating agency is not the ACC;

                            to the Chief Executive Officer of the ACC; and

                     (d)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to:

                              (i)  the subject matter of a proceeding under a law of a State for the confiscation or forfeiture of property, or for the imposition of a pecuniary penalty, in connection with the commission of a prescribed offence; or

                            (ia)  the subject matter of a proceeding under, or in relation to a matter arising under, an organised crime control law of a State; or

                             (ii)  an act or omission by an officer of the Police Force of a State that may give rise to a proceeding against that officer, or to which a proceeding against that officer relates, being a police disciplinary proceeding; or

                           (iia)  an act or omission by an officer or member of staff of the Police Force of a State that may give rise to a decision by the Commissioner of that Police Force to terminate the appointment of the officer or member of staff; or

                            (iii)  misbehaviour or improper conduct of an officer of a State;

                            and the originating agency is not the Police Force of that State--to the Commissioner of that Police Force; and

                   (da)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to the commission of a relevant offence in relation to an eligible Commonwealth authority--to the chief officer of the eligible Commonwealth authority; and

                   (db)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to a corruption issue or an ACLEI corruption issue (within the meaning of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 )--to the Integrity Commissioner; and

                    (ea)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to a matter that may give rise to an investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption--to the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption; and

                   (eb)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to a matter that may give rise to an investigation by the Inspector of the Independent Commission Against Corruption--to the Inspector of the Independent Commission Against Corruption; and

                    (ec)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to a matter that may give rise to an investigation by the Director, Police Integrity--to the Director, Police Integrity; and

                      (f)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to a matter that may give rise to an investigation by the Police Integrity Commission--to the Commissioner of the Police Integrity Commission; and

                    (fa)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to a matter that may give rise to an investigation by the Inspector of the Police Integrity Commission--to the Inspector of the Police Integrity Commission; and

                     (h)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to a matter that may give rise to an investigation by the Crime and Misconduct Commission--to the Commissioner of the Crime and Misconduct Commission; and

                      (j)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to a matter that may give rise to an investigation by the Corruption and Crime Commission--to the Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission; and

                     (k)  if the information relates, or appears to relate, to a matter that may give rise to the dealing by the Parliamentary Inspector of the Corruption and Crime Commission with a matter of misconduct (within the meaning of the Corruption and Crime Commission Act)--to the Parliamentary Inspector of the Corruption and Crime Commission.