Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

If a tracking device is installed, used or maintained under an internal authorisation, the Organisation is also authorised to do any of the following:

recover the tracking device or any enhancement equipment in relation to the device;

any thing reasonably necessary to conceal the fact that any thing has been done under this subsection;

any other thing reasonably incidental to any of the above;

at any time while the authorisation is in force or within 28 days after it ceases to be in force;

if the device or equipment is not recovered at a time mentioned in paragraph (d)—at the earliest time, after the 28 days mentioned in that paragraph, at which it is reasonably practicable to do the things concerned.

If, for the purposes of subsection (1), a tracking device or enhancement equipment in relation to the device is not recovered while the authorisation is in force, the Organisation is also authorised to use the device or equipment solely for the purposes of the location and recovery of the device or equipment.

However, subsections (1) and (2) do not authorise the doing of a thing that would involve a thing specified in section 26K.