Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

This section applies if:

the Inspector‑General requires access to information or documents in the possession of a Commonwealth agency for the purposes of conducting:

an inspection under section 9A; or

a preliminary inquiry under section 14, or any other action taken by the Inspector‑General for the purpose of deciding whether to inquire into a matter; or

an inquiry under Division 3 of Part II; and

the information or documents have a national security or other protective security classification; and

the Inspector‑General intends to do any of the following for the purposes of exercising powers or performing functions or duties as the Inspector‑General:

remove the documents from the possession of the agency;

make copies or take extracts from the information or documents;

examine or otherwise make use of the information or documents.

The Inspector‑General must make arrangements to protect from unauthorised disclosure:

the information, documents, copies or extracts; and

any other information obtained from the documents, copies or extracts;