Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132:section:3zqu:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3ZQU (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 245658–248303

this Part, or the original or a copy of a document produced under Division 4B, for any purpose for which the making available of the thing or document is required or authorised by a law of a State or Territory.
 (4) To avoid doubt, this section does not limit any other law of the Commonwealth that:
 (a) requires or authorises the use of a document or other thing; or
 (b) requires or authorises the making available (however described) of a document or other thing.

Sharing thing or document for use by State, Territory or foreign agency
 (5) A constable or Commonwealth officer may make a thing seized under this Part, or the original or a copy of a document produced under Division 4B, available to:
 (a) a State or Territory law enforcement agency; or
 (b) an agency that has responsibility for:
 (i) law enforcement in a foreign country; or
 (ii) intelligence gathering for a foreign country; or
 (iii) the security of a foreign country;
to be used by that agency for a purpose mentioned in subsection (1), (2) or (3) and the purpose of any or all of the following (but not for any other purpose):
 (c) preventing, investigating or prosecuting an offence against a law of a State or Territory;
 (d) proceedings under a corresponding law (within the meaning of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 or the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002);
 (e) proceedings for the forfeiture of the thing under a law of a State or Territory;
 (f) deciding whether to institute proceedings or to take any other action mentioned in any of paragraphs (1)(a) to (l) (inclusive), subsection (2) or (3) or paragraph (c), (d) or (e) of this subsection.

Ministerial arrangements for sharing
 (6) This Division does not prevent the Minister from making an arrangement with a Minister of a State or Territory for:
 (a) the making available to a State or Territory law enforcement agency of that State or Territory, for purposes mentioned in subsections (1), (3) and (5), of things seized under this Part and originals and copies of documents produced under Division 4B; and
 (b) the disposal by the agency of such things, originals and copies when they are no longer of use to that agency for those purposes.
Note: This subsection does not empower the Minister to make such an arrangement.

Definition
 (7) In this section:
State or Territory law enforcement agency means:
 (a) the police force or police service of a State or Territory; or
 (b) the New South Wales Crime Commission; or
 (c) the Independent Commission Against Corruption of New South Wales; or
 (d) the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission of New South Wales; or
 (e) the Independent Broad‑based Anti‑corruption