Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00174:section:7:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00174
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 50371–53176

Signals Directorate
 (b) a document that contains a summary of, or an extract or information from, an intelligence agency document, to the extent that it contains such a summary, extract or information.
Note: The Australian Hydrographic Office is part of the Australian Geospatial‑Intelligence Organisation (see subsection 6B(3) of the Intelligence Services Act 2001).
 (2B) A Minister is exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to the following documents:
 (a) an intelligence agency document;
 (b) a document that contains a summary of, or an extract or information from, an intelligence agency document, to the extent that it contains such a summary, extract or information.
 (2C) An agency is exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to the following documents:
 (a) a document (a defence intelligence document) that has originated with, or has been received from, the Department of Defence and that is in respect of:
 (i) the collection, reporting or analysis of operational intelligence; or
 (ii) special access programs, under which a foreign government provides restricted access to technologies;
 (b) a document that contains a summary of, or an extract or information from, a defence intelligence document, to the extent that it contains such a summary, extract or information.
 (2D) A Minister is exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to the following documents:
 (a) a defence intelligence document;
 (b) a document that contains a summary of, or an extract or information from, a defence intelligence document, to the extent that it contains such a summary, extract or information.
 (2DA) A Minister and an agency are exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to the following documents (regardless of when the documents were brought into existence):
 (a) a document given to, or received by, the Independent Review, or a person performing functions in relation to the Review, for the purposes of the Review;
 (b) a document brought into existence by the Independent Review or a person performing functions in relation to the Review.
 (2DB) A Minister and an agency other than the Australian Human Rights Commission are not exempt under paragraph (2DA)(a) from the operation of this Act in relation to documents created for purposes other than the Independent Review to which a right of access otherwise exists or existed under the Act.
 (2DC) A Minister and an agency are exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to the following documents (regardless of when the documents were brought into existence):
 (a) a document given to, or received by, a body listed in subsection (2AAA) in connection with the performance of the body's functions;
 (b) a document brought into existence by a body listed in subsection (2AAA).
 (2DD) A Minister and an