Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION REGULATIONS 1980 - REG 3B

(1)

For section 34VA of the Act, access to security information must not be given to a lawyer unless:

(a)

the Attorney-General's Department has given the lawyer a security clearance at the level considered appropriate by the Secretary in relation to the information; or

(b)

the Secretary is satisfied that giving the lawyer access to the information would not be prejudicial to the interests of security.

(2)

Access to security information may be given subject to any conditions that the Secretary considers appropriate including, but not limited to, conditions relating to the use, handling, storage or disclosure of the information.

(3)

Nothing in this regulation entitles a lawyer who is given a security clearance by the Attorney-General's Department to be given access to security information.

(4) In this regulation:
"lawyer" means a lawyer acting for a person in connection with proceedings for a remedy relating to:

(a)

a warrant issued under section 34D of the Act in relation to the person; or

(b)

the treatment of the person in connection with such a warrant.

"security information" means information access to which is controlled or limited on security grounds, otherwise than by this regulation.