Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00855:section:33:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00855
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 33 (pt 4/4)
Character Range: 72465–73807

in writing to the information or matter being made public.
 (4D) If:
 (a) the consent of the responsible Minister for ASIS (within the meaning of the Intelligence Services Act 2001) or the Director‑General of ASIS has been given in relation to information for the purposes of section 41 of that Act (before, on or after the commencement of this subsection); and
 (b) that information is substantially the same as the information referred to in subsection (4C) of this section;
the consent referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection is taken also to be consent given for the purposes of subsection (4C).
 (5) A reference in this section to an undertaking includes a reference to an undertaking that is carried on by, or by an authority of, the Commonwealth, a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory or by a local government authority.
 (6) A reference in this section to:
 (a) the Minister administering section 92 of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979; or
 (b) the responsible Minister for ASIS (within the meaning of the Intelligence Services Act 2001);
is a reference only to the most senior such Minister.
Note: A reference to a Minister mentioned in this section may include a reference to a person acting as that Minister (see subsection 19(4) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).