Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 6DB

             (1)  The Minister may, by writing, appoint as an issuing authority:

                     (a)  a person who is:

                              (i)  a judge of a court created by the Parliament; or

                             (ii)  a Federal Magistrate; or

                            (iii)  a magistrate;

                            and in relation to whom a consent under subsection (2) is in force; or

                     (b)  a person who:

                              (i)  holds an appointment to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal as Deputy President, full‑time senior member, part‑time senior member or member; and

                             (ii)  is enrolled as a legal practitioner of a federal court or of the Supreme Court of a State or a Territory; and

                            (iii)  has been enrolled for at least 5 years.

             (2)  A person who is:

                     (a)  a judge of a court created by the Parliament; or

                     (b)  a Federal Magistrate; or

                     (c)  a magistrate;

may, by writing, consent to be appointed by the Minister under subsection (1).

             (3)  A person's appointment ceases to have effect if:

                     (a)  the person ceases to be a person whom the Minister could appoint under this section; or

                     (b)  the Minister, by writing, revokes the appointment.

             (4)  An issuing authority has, in relation to the performance or exercise of a function or power conferred on an issuing authority by this Act, the same protection and immunity as a Justice of the High Court has in relation to proceedings in the High Court.