NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 2004 NO. 150, 2004

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

• 1 Short title  
• 2 Commencement  
• 3 Object of this Act  
• 4 Extension of Act to external Territories  
• 5 Act binds Crown  
• 6 Application of Act  

PART 2--INTERPRETATION

Division 1--Definitions

• 7 Definitions  

Division 2--National security and related definitions

• 8 Meaning of national security  
• 9 Meaning of security  
• 10 Meaning of international relations  
• 11 Meaning of law enforcement interests  

Division 3--Federal criminal proceeding and related definitions

• 13 Meaning of criminal proceeding  
• 14 Meaning of federal criminal proceeding  
• 15 Meaning of defendant  

Division 4--Other interpretation provisions

• 16 Disclosure of information in permitted circumstances  
• 17 Meaning of likely to prejudice national security  
• 18 Operation of other Acts etc.  
• 19 General powers of a court  
• 20 When an order of a court ceases to be subject to appeal  

PART 3--PROTECTION OF INFORMATION WHOSE DISCLOSURE IS LIKELY TO PREJUDICE ETC. NATIONAL SECURITY

Division 1--Management of information

• 21 Pre-trial conferences  
• 22 Arrangements about disclosures relating to or affecting national security  
• 23 Protection of certain information disclosed in a proceeding  

Division 2--Attorney-General's certificates for protection of information

• 24 Prosecutor and defendant must notify expected disclosure of information relating to or affecting national security  
     Subdivision B--Notifying Attorney-General etc. where disclosure expected by witness answering question  
• 25 Preventing witnesses from disclosing information by not allowing them to answer questions  
     Subdivision C--Attorney-General's certificates  
• 26 Attorney-General's non-disclosure certificate  
• 27 Consequences of Attorney-General giving non-disclosure certificate  
• 28 Attorney-General's witness exclusion certificate  

Division 3--Closed hearings and non-disclosure or witness exclusion orders

• 29 Closed hearing requirements  
• 29A Request to delay making record available pending appeal decision  
• 30 Intervention by Attorney-General  
• 31 Court orders  
• 32 Reasons for court orders  
• 33 Request to delay giving section 32 statement pending appeal decision  
• 34 Period of operation of court orders  
• 35 Consequence of certain court orders  
• 36 Adjournment after certain court orders  

Division 4--Appeals

• 36A Appeal against court decision under section 29  
• 37 Appeals against court orders under section 31  
• 38 Appeal against court decisions under section 32  

PART 4--SECURITY CLEARANCES

• 39 Security clearance for defendant's legal representative etc.  

PART 5--OFFENCES

• 40 Offence to disclose information before Attorney-General gives non-disclosure certificate etc.  
• 41 Offence to disclose information before Attorney-General gives witness exclusion certificate etc.  
• 42 Offence to contravene requirement to notify Attorney-General etc.  
• 43 Offence to disclose information contrary to Attorney-General's non-disclosure certificate  
• 44 Offence to call witness contrary to Attorney-General's witness exclusion certificate  
• 45 Offence to contravene court order  
• 46 Offence to disclose information to certain persons without security clearance etc.  

PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS

• 47 Report to Parliament on certificates given by Attorney-General etc.  
• 48 Rules of court  
• 49 Regulations