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3                                                           section 34B of the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995     an investigation or proceeding relating to a War Crimes Tribunal offence

 (4) An authorised officer of the Australian Federal Police must revoke the authorisation if he or she is satisfied that the disclosure is no longer required.
Note: Section 184 deals with notification of revocations.
 (5) An authorisation under subsection (2):
 (a) comes into force at the time the person from whom the disclosure is sought receives notification of the authorisation; and
 (b) ceases to be in force at the time specified in the authorisation, which must not be more than 21 days after the day the authorisation is made, or that period as extended under subsection (6), unless it is revoked earlier.
Note: Section 184 deals with notification of authorisations.

Extension of prospective authorisation
 (6) The period for which an authorisation under subsection (2) is in force may be extended once only, by an authorised officer of the Australian Federal Police, if the authorised officer is satisfied that the extension is:
 (a) reasonably necessary for an investigation or proceeding of a kind referred to in the relevant table item in subsection (3); and
 (b) appropriate in all the circumstances.
 (7) An extension under subsection (6) must not be for more than 21 days from the day of the extension.

Disclosure to a foreign law enforcement agency
 (8) If specified information or specified documents are disclosed because of an authorisation given under subsection (2), an authorised officer of the Australian Federal Police may authorise the disclosure of the information or documents so disclosed to a foreign law enforcement agency if the authorised officer is satisfied that the disclosure is:
 (a) reasonably necessary for an investigation or proceeding of a kind referred to in the relevant table item in subsection (3); and
 (b) appropriate in all the circumstances.
 (9) An authorised officer must not make more than one authorisation a day under subsection (8).

Subdivision B—Secondary disclosures