Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION ACT 1979 No. 113 of 1979 - SECT 65

65. (1) Where-

   (a)  before the commencement of this Act, the Organization furnished, or is
        alleged to have furnished, to a Commonwealth agency a
        security assessment, or a communication of a similar nature,
        concerning a person; or

   (b)  after the commencement of this Act, the Organization has furnished, or
        is alleged to have furnished, to a Commonwealth agency a
        security assessment, or a communication of a similar nature,
        concerning a person, other than a security assessment of which a copy
        has been delivered to that person in accordance with this Part, the
        Minister may, if he is satisfied that it is desirable to do so by
        reason of special circumstances, require the Tribunal to inquire and
        report to him upon any question concerning that action or alleged
        action of the Organization, and may require the Tribunal to review any
        such assessment or communication and any information or matter on
        which any such assessment or communication was based, and the Tribunal
        shall comply with the requirement and report its findings to the
        Minister.

(2) The constitution and procedure of the Tribunal under this section shall be
as determined by the President.

(3) Sections 60 and 61 do not apply in relation to a review under this section
but, when the Tribunal has made findings under this section, the Minister
shall, subject to the requirements of security, take or cause to be taken such
action in relation to those findings, by way of communication or publication
of the findings or alteration of records, as he considers appropriate in the
interests of justice.