Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 - SECT 67

Information sharing

67. Information sharing



(1) The Chief Commissioner may give to-

   (a)  any law enforcement agency; or

   (b)  any foreign law enforcement agency; or

   (c)  any other agency or body of the State, the Commonwealth, another State
        or a Territory prescribed by the regulations-

any information derived under a coercive powers order that is in the
possession of the Chief Commissioner and that is relevant to the activities of
that agency or body if-

   (d)  it appears to the Chief Commissioner to be appropriate to do so; and

   (e)  to do so would not be contrary to a law of the State, the Commonwealth
        or that other State or that Territory that would otherwise apply.



(2) The Chief Commissioner may, whenever it appears to the Chief Commissioner
to be appropriate to do so, furnish to authorities and persons responsible for
taking civil remedies by or on behalf of the Crown in right of the State or of
the Commonwealth or of another State or of a Territory any information derived
under a coercive powers order that is in the possession of the Chief
Commissioner and that may be relevant for the purposes of so taking such
remedies in respect of matters connected with, or arising out of, offences
against the laws of the State, the Commonwealth or that other State or the
Territory, as the case requires.

(3) Where any information relating to the performances of the functions of-

   (a)  a Department of State of the State or of the Commonwealth; or

   (b)  the Administration of a Territory; or

   (c)  an instrumentality of the State, the Commonwealth, another State or a
        Territory-

comes into the possession of the Chief Commissioner under a coercive powers
order, the Chief Commissioner may, if he or she considers it desirable to do
so, furnish that information to the Department, the Administration or the
instrumentality.

(4) The Chief Commissioner may, whenever it appears to the Chief Commissioner
to be appropriate to do so, furnish to the Australian Security Intelligence
Organisation any information derived under a coercive powers order that is in
the possession of the Chief Commissioner and that is relevant to security as
defined in section 4 of the
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 of the Commonwealth.

(5) In this section-

foreign law enforcement agency means-

   (a)  a police force (however described) of a foreign country; or

   (b)  any other authority or person responsible for the enforcement of the
        laws of the foreign country; law enforcement agency means-

   (a)  the Australian Federal Police; or

   (b)  a police force of a State or a Territory; or

   (c)  any other authority or person responsible for the enforcement of the
        laws of the Commonwealth or of a State or a Territory.