Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION ACT 1979 No. 113 of 1979 - SECT 29

29. (1) Where-

   (a)  the Director-General has forwarded or made a request to the Minister
        for the issue of a warrant under section 26;

   (b)  the Minister has not, to the knowledge of the Director-General,
        issued, or refused to issue, a warrant as a result of the request and
        has not, within the preceding period of 3 months, refused to issue a
        substantially similar warrant;

   (c)  the Director-General has not, within the preceding period of 3 months,
        issued a substantially similar warrant; and

   (d)  the Director-General is satisfied-

        (i)    that the facts of the case would justify the issue of a warrant
               by the Minister; and

        (ii)   that, if the action to be authorized by the warrant does not
               commence before a warrant can be issued and made available by
               the Minister, security will be, or is likely to be, seriously
               prejudiced, the Director-General may issue a warrant under his
               hand of the kind that could be issued by the Minister in
               pursuance of the request.

(2) A warrant under this section shall specify the period for which it is to
remain in force, being a period that does not exceed 48 hours, but may be
revoked by the Minister at any time before the expiration of the period so
specified.

(3) Where the Director-General issues a warrant under this section, he shall
forthwith furnish to the Minister-

   (a)  a copy of the warrant; and

   (b)  a statement of the grounds on which he is satisfied as to the matter
        referred to in sub-paragraph (1) (d) (ii).