Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00612:section:55a:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00612
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 55A (pt 3/5)
Character Range: 207506–210016

relating to a relevant crime; or
 (b) relating to the undertaking of an intelligence operation; or
 (c) relating to national policing information;
unless the Board has consented to the CEO or the examiner doing so.

Judge of the Federal Court or Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)
 (5B) A law of a State may confer on a Judge of the Federal Court or a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) a duty, function or power that:
 (a) relates to an investigation relating to a relevant crime in so far as the relevant crime is an offence against a law of the State (irrespective of whether that offence has a federal aspect); and
 (b) is either:
 (i) of the same kind as a duty, function or power conferred on a Judge of the Federal Court or a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) by this Act or any other Act (whether or not the last‑mentioned duty, function or power relates to the investigation); or
 (ii) of a kind specified in regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph.
 (5C) A law of a State may confer on a Judge of the Federal Court or a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) a duty, function or power that:
 (a) relates to the undertaking of an intelligence operation in so far as the relevant crime is, or the relevant crimes are or include, an offence or offences against a law of the State (irrespective of whether that offence or those offences have a federal aspect); and
 (b) is either:
 (i) of the same kind as a duty, function or power conferred on a Judge of the Federal Court or a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) by this Act or any other Act (whether or not the last‑mentioned duty, function or power relates to that operation); or
 (ii) of a kind specified in regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph.

Ancillary provisions
 (6) Subsections (2), (4), (5), (5AA), (5B) and (5C) do not extend to a duty, function or power of a kind specified in regulations made for the purposes of this subsection.
 (7) Subsections (2), (4), (5), (5AA), (5B) and (5C) do not extend to a law of a State to the extent to which that law purports to confer any duty that is in contravention of any constitutional doctrine restricting the duties that may be conferred on:
 (a) authorities of the Commonwealth; or
 (b) members of authorities of the Commonwealth; or
 (c) Judges of a court created by the Parliament.