Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00841:section:27e:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00841
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 27E (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 152670–155415

27E  Authority under identified person warrant—computer access
 (1) This section applies if an identified person warrant in relation to a person (the identified person) gives conditional approval for the Organisation to access data held in computers.

Things that may be authorised under warrant
 (2) Subject to subsection (4), the Attorney‑General or the Director‑General may, on request, authorise the Organisation to do one or more of the following things under the identified person warrant in relation to a computer (the target computer):
 (a) enter specified premises for the purposes of doing the things authorised under this subsection;
 (b) enter any premises for the purposes of gaining entry to or exiting the specified premises;
 (c) use:
 (i) the target computer; or
 (ii) a telecommunications facility operated or provided by the Commonwealth or a carrier; or
 (iii) any other electronic equipment; or
 (iv) a data storage device;
  for the purpose of obtaining access to data (the relevant data) that is relevant to the prejudicial activities of the identified person and is held in the target computer at any time while the authorisation is in force and, if necessary to achieve that purpose, add, copy, delete or alter other data in the target computer;
 (d) if, having regard to other methods (if any) of obtaining access to the relevant data which are likely to be as effective, it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so:
 (i) use any other computer or a communication in transit for the purpose referred to in paragraph (c); and
 (ii) if necessary to achieve that purpose—add, copy, delete or alter other data in the computer or the communication in transit;
 (da) remove a computer or other thing from premises for the purposes of doing any thing authorised under this subsection, and returning the computer or other thing to the premises;
 (e) copy any data to which access has been obtained, that appears to be relevant to the collection of intelligence by the Organisation in accordance with this Act;
 (ea) intercept a communication passing over a telecommunications system, if the interception is for the purposes of doing any thing authorised under this subsection;
 (f) any thing reasonably necessary to conceal the fact that any thing has been done under the warrant;
 (g) any other thing reasonably incidental to any of the above.

Target computer
 (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the target computer may be any one or more of the following:
 (a) a particular computer;
 (b) a computer on particular premises;
 (c) a computer associated with, used by or likely to be used by a person (whose identity may or may not be known).

Return of computer or other thing
 (3A) If:
 (a) an authorisation under