Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

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

             (1)  A reference in this Act, in relation to an agency, or an eligible authority of a State, to a relevant proceeding is, in the case of the Australian Federal Police or a Police Force of a State, a reference to:

                     (a)  a proceeding by way of a prosecution for a prescribed offence that is an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, or of that State, as the case may be;

                     (b)  a proceeding under a law of the Commonwealth, or of that State, as the case may be, for the confiscation or forfeiture of property, or for the imposition of a pecuniary penalty, in connection with the commission of a prescribed offence;

                     (c)  a proceeding for the taking of evidence as mentioned in paragraph 5B(1)(c), in so far as the proceeding relates to:

                              (i)  a prescribed offence; or

                             (ii)  a prescribed offence that is an offence against a law of that State;

                            as the case may be;

                     (d)  a proceeding for the extradition of a person as mentioned in paragraph 5B(1)(d), in so far as the proceeding relates to a prescribed offence that is an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, or of that State, as the case may be;

                     (e)  a police disciplinary proceeding that is a proceeding against a member of the Australian Federal Police, or of that Police Force, as the case may be; or

                    (ea)  in the case of the Australian Federal Police:

                              (i)  a proceeding against an AFP employee in so far as the proceeding relates to a decision by the Commissioner of Police to terminate the employment of the employee; or

                             (ii)  a proceeding against a special member of the Australian Federal Police in so far as the proceeding relates to a decision by the Commissioner of Police to terminate the appointment of the member; or

                    (eb)  in the case of a Police Force of a State--a proceeding against an officer or member of staff of that Police Force in so far as the proceeding relates to a decision by the Commissioner of that Police Force to terminate the appointment of the officer or member of staff; or

                      (f)  any other proceeding (not being a proceeding by way of a prosecution for an offence) in so far as it relates to alleged misbehaviour, or alleged improper conduct, of an officer of the Commonwealth, or of that State, as the case may be.

             (2)  A reference in this Act, in relation to an agency, or an eligible authority of a State, to a relevant proceeding is:

                     (a)  in the case of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity or the ACC--a reference to:

                              (i)  a proceeding by way of a prosecution for a prescribed offence to which a prescribed investigation relates or related; or

                             (ii)  a proceeding under a law of the Commonwealth or 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 to which a prescribed investigation relates or related; or

                     (b)  in the case of the Crime Commission, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Inspector of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Police Integrity Commission or the Inspector of the Police Integrity Commission--a reference to a proceeding by way of a prosecution for a prescribed offence:

                              (i)  that is an offence against the law of New South Wales; and

                             (ii)  to which a prescribed investigation relates or related; or

                    (ba)  in the case of the Office of Police Integrity--a reference to a proceeding by way of a prosecution for a prescribed offence:

                              (i)  that is an offence against the law of Victoria; and

                             (ii)  to which a prescribed investigation relates or related; or

                     (c)  in the case of the Crime and Misconduct Commission--a reference to:

                              (i)  a proceeding by way of a prosecution for a prescribed offence that is an offence against the law of Queensland and to which a prescribed investigation relates or related; or

                             (ii)  a proceeding under a law of Queensland 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

                     (d)  in the case of the Corruption and Crime Commission or the Parliamentary Inspector of the Corruption and Crime Commission--a reference to a proceeding by way of a prosecution for a prescribed offence:

                              (i)  that is an offence against the law of Western Australia; and

                             (ii)  to which a prescribed investigation relates or related.