Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017

The Attorney General may, on behalf of the State (or any of its agencies), enter into an agreement (a terrorism information exchange agreement) with one or more other Australian jurisdictions (or one or more of their agencies) for the exchange or sharing of information that the parties hold about terrorism activities or suspected terrorism activities.

The Attorney General may agree to such terms as the Attorney General considers appropriate for inclusion in a terrorism information exchange agreement.

If information to which a terrorism information exchange agreement applies is held by an agency of the State, the agency is authorised—

to request and receive information held by any other agency to which the agreement applies in accordance with the terms of the agreement, and

to disclose information it holds to any of those agencies in accordance with the terms of the agreement,

The Attorney General is also authorised to use information about terrorism activities or suspected terrorism activities obtained under a terrorism information exchange agreement (without the consent of any person concerned) for the purposes of any of the following, but only in accordance with the terms of the agreement—

an application for a declaration under section 12,

a preliminary hearing under section 24 or 38,

an application for an order under Part 2 or 3.

This section does not limit the operation of any Act under which the State (or its agencies) are authorised or required to disclose information to another person or body.

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