Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION AMENDMENT ACT 1986 No. 122 of 1986 - SECT 41

41. Section 94 of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) by omitting from sub-section (2) "treat it as secret" and substituting

"treat as secret any part of the report that is not tabled in a House
of the Parliament"; and

   (b)  by adding at the end the following sub-sections:

"(3) Subject to sub-section (4), the Minister shall cause a copy of a report
furnished under sub-section (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament
within 20 sitting days of that House after the report is received by the
Minister.

"(4) For the purposes of sub-section (3), the Minister may make such deletions
from a report furnished under sub-section (1) as the Minister, after obtaining
advice from the Director-General, considers necessary in order to avoid
prejudice to security, the defence of the Commonwealth, the conduct of the
Commonwealth's international affairs or the privacy of individuals.".