1Short title
This Act may be cited as the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner (Consequential Amendments) Act 2006.
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Bill homepage (APH)This Act may be cited as the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner (Consequential Amendments) Act 2006.
Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provision(s) Commencement Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 30 June 2006
2. Schedule 1, items 1 to 85 At the same time as section 3 of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 commences. 30 December 2006
3. Schedule 1, item 86 At the same time as section 3 of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 commences.
However, if the provision(s) do not commence before 1 July 2006, the provision(s) do not commence at all. Does not commence
4. Schedule 1, item 87 Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 4 to the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Act 2006. 1 July 2006
5. Schedule 1, items 88 to 92 At the same time as section 3 of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 commences. 30 December 2006
6. Schedule 1, items 93 to 95 At the same time as section 3 of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 commences.
However, if Schedule 5 to the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Act 2006 commences before that time, the provision(s) do not commence at all. Do not commence
7. Schedule 1, item 96 Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Act 2006. 13 June 2006
8. Schedule 1, item 97 At the same time as section 3 of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 commences. 30 December 2006
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1-Consequential amendments
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
Insert:
decisions under the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 being:
decisions in connection with a corruption investigation (within the meaning of that Act); or
decisions in connection with a public inquiry (within the meaning of that Act);
Archives Act 1983
Insert:
a person who is providing, or has provided, confidential information to:
the Integrity Commissioner (within the meaning of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006); or
a staff member of ACLEI (within the meaning of that Act); or
a special investigator for the purposes of Division 4 of Part 12 of that Act;
in relation to such a matter; or
Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
Add:
; or (c) the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 or regulations under that Act.
Australian Federal Police Act 1979
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
A person to whom this section applies must not, directly or indirectly:
make a record of any prescribed information; or
divulge or communicate any prescribed information to any other person;
except for:
the purposes of this Act or the regulations; or
the purposes of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 or regulations under that Act; or
the purposes of the Witness Protection Act 1994 or regulations under that Act; or
the carrying out, performance or exercise of any of the person's duties, functions or powers under Acts or regulations mentioned in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e).
Repeal the definition (not including the note), substitute:
prescribed information means information obtained by a person to whom this section applies:
in the course of carrying out, performing or exercising any of the person's duties, functions or powers under:
this Act or the regulations; or
the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 or regulations under that Act; or
the Witness Protection Act 1994 or regulations under that Act; or
otherwise in the course of the person's service, employment or engagement under Acts or regulations mentioned in paragraph (a).
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
where the information relates, or appears to relate, to the commission, or intended commission, of an indictable offence against the law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory-the information may be communicated to:
an officer of the Police Force of a State or Territory; or
a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police; or
the Integrity Commissioner, a staff member of ACLEI or a special investigator; or
the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission or a member of the staff of the ACC; or
Insert:
the Integrity Commissioner, a staff member of ACLEI or a special investigator; or
Insert:
Integrity Commissioner has the same meaning as in the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006.
Insert:
special investigator has the same meaning as in the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006.
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