Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01298:clause:1_61
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01298
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 61
Character Range: 22428–24080

61  After subsection 59(6)
Insert:

 (6A) Subject to subsection (6B), the Authority:
 (a) must comply with a request by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Crime Authority for the time being constituted under Part III (the PJC) to give the PJC information relating to an investigation that has been conducted by the Authority; and
 (b) must when requested by the PJC, and may at such other times as the Authority thinks appropriate, inform the PJC concerning the general conduct of the operations of the Authority.

 (6B) If the Chair considers that disclosure of information to the public could prejudice the safety or reputation of persons or the operations of law enforcement agencies, the Authority must not give the PJC the information.

 (6C) If the Authority does not give the PJC information on the ground that the Chair considers that disclosure of the information to the public could prejudice the safety or reputation of persons or the operations of law enforcement agencies, the PJC may refer the request to the Minister.

 (6D) If the PJC refers the request to the Minister, the Minister:
 (a) must determine in writing whether disclosure of the information could prejudice the safety or reputation of persons or the operations of law enforcement agencies; and
 (b) must provide copies of that determination to the Chair and the PJC; and
 (c) must not disclose his or her reasons for determining the question of whether the information could prejudice the safety or reputation of persons or the operations of law enforcement agencies in the way stated in the determination.

Part 13—Dissemination of information overseas