Western Australian Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION) WESTERN AUSTRALIA ACT 1996 - SECT 19

19 .         Application of Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 if inspecting officer is Parliamentary Commissioner or an officer of the Commissioner

        (1)         Anything that an inspecting officer has done or omitted to do under this Part is not to be included in a report under section 25 or 27 of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971.

        (2)         Subject to section 15 of this Act, sections 23 and 30(4) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 apply to information obtained as an inspecting officer and so apply as if — 

            (a)         a reference in section 23 to information did not include a reference to lawfully obtained information;

            (b)         subsections (1a) to (1f) of section 23 were omitted; and

            (c)         a reference in those sections to that Act were a reference to this Act.

        (3)         Section 29 of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 does not apply in relation to the exercise or proposed exercise of a function of an inspecting officer under this Part.

        (4)         In this section — 

        “inspecting officer” means an inspecting officer who is — 

            (a)         the Parliamentary Commissioner; or

            (b)         an officer of the Commissioner within the meaning of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 ;

        “Parliamentary Commissioner” means — 

            (a)         the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations holding office under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 ;

            (b)         the Acting Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations appointed under section 7(1) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 ; or

            (c)         the Deputy Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations appointed under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 when acting in the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations under section 6A(2) of that Act.