Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

The Organisation must prepare a statement of grounds for a prejudicial security clearance suitability assessment furnished in respect of a person.

The statement of grounds must contain all information that has been relied on by the Organisation in making the prejudicial security clearance suitability assessment, other than information the inclusion of which would, in the opinion of the Director‑General or a person authorised by the Director‑General under subsection (4), be prejudicial to security.

For the purposes of this Part, the statement of grounds is taken to be part of the prejudicial security clearance suitability assessment.

The Director‑General may, in writing, authorise a person for the purposes of subsection (2) if the person is an ASIO employee, or an ASIO affiliate, who holds, or is acting in, a position in the Organisation that is equivalent to or higher than a position occupied by an SES employee.