Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

assisting:

principal officers of intelligence agencies; and

authorised officers of intelligence agencies or the IGIS; and

public officials who belong to intelligence agencies or the IGIS; and

former public officials who belonged to intelligence agencies or the IGIS;

assisting, in relation to the intelligence functions of AUSTRAC, the Department of Home Affairs or the Australian Federal Police:

principal officers of that agency; and

authorised officers of that agency; and

public officials who belong to that agency; and

former public officials who belonged to that agency;

conducting educational and awareness programs relating to this Act, to the extent to which this Act relates to:

intelligence agencies; and

public officials who belong to intelligence agencies; and

former public officials who belonged to intelligence agencies; and

conducting educational and awareness programs relating to this Act, in relation to the intelligence functions of AUSTRAC, the Department of Home Affairs or the Australian Federal Police, to the extent to which this Act relates to:

that agency; and

public officials who belong to that agency; and

former public officials who belonged to that agency; and

assisting the Ombudsman in relation to the performance of the functions conferred on the Ombudsman by this Act.

Section 8A of the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 extends the IGIS’s functions to cover disclosures of information allocated under section 43 of this Act (whether or not they are allocated to the IGIS), if the disclosable conduct with which the information is concerned relates to:

an intelligence agency; or

AUSTRAC, the Department of Home Affairs or the Australian Federal Police, in relation to the intelligence functions of the agency.