Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

For the purposes of this Division, each of the following security clearance decisions is an internally reviewable decision:

a decision by the Organisation to deny a security clearance in respect of a person (the affected person);

a decision by the Organisation to revoke a security clearance held by a person (the affected person);

a decision by the Organisation to impose a condition, or vary a condition imposed, on a security clearance in respect of a person (the affected person) if:

in the case of a security clearance that has not yet been granted—the affected person must agree to the condition before the security clearance will be granted; or

in the case of a security clearance that has already been granted—the affected person must agree to the condition, or the variation of the condition, otherwise the security clearance will be revoked.

A decision of an internal reviewer, on behalf of the Organisation, under subsection 82L(3) is not an internally reviewable decision for the purposes of this Division.

A security clearance decision in respect of a person is not an internally reviewable decision for the purposes of this Division if the person:

is engaged, or proposed to be engaged, for employment outside Australia for duties outside Australia; and

is not an Australian citizen or is not normally resident in Australia.