Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00841:section:27:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00841
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 27 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 125249–127982

intended to be received by a person (whether of known identity or not) engaged in, or reasonably suspected by the Director‑General of being engaged in, or of being likely to engage in, activities prejudicial to security; and
 (b) access by the Organisation to postal articles posted to that address and intended to be received by the person referred to in paragraph (a) will, or is likely to, assist the Organisation in carrying out its function of obtaining intelligence relevant to security;
the Attorney‑General may, by warrant under his or her hand, authorize the Organisation to do such of the following acts and things as the Attorney‑General considers appropriate in the circumstances, namely, with respect to postal articles in the course of the post that are addressed to that address and appear on their face to be, or are reasonably suspected by a person authorized to exercise the authority of the Organisation under the warrant to be, intended to be received by the person referred to in paragraph (a), to inspect, and make copies of, or of the covers of, the articles and to open the articles and inspect and make copies of the contents of any such article.
 (4) A warrant under this section shall specify the period for which it is to remain in force, being a period not exceeding 6 months, but may be revoked by the Attorney‑General at any time before the expiration of the period so specified.
 (5) Subsection (4) shall not be construed as preventing the issue of any further warrant.
 (6) Where the Director‑General is informed under section 32 of the issue of a warrant under this section, the Director‑General must:
 (a) cause the Australian Postal Corporation to be informed of the issue of the warrant without delay; and
 (b) where, under section 32, the Director‑General receives the warrant—cause a certified copy of the warrant to be given to the Australian Postal Corporation as soon as practicable.
 (6A) Where:
 (a) the Director‑General has been informed under section 32 of the issue of a warrant under this section; and
 (b) the Director‑General is informed under that section that the warrant has been revoked;
the Director‑General must:
 (c) cause the Australian Postal Corporation to be informed of the revocation without delay; and
 (d) where, under section 32, the Director‑General receives the instrument of revocation—cause a certified copy of the instrument of revocation to be given to the Australian Postal Corporation as soon as practicable.
 (7) The Australian Postal Corporation shall give to a person acting in pursuance of a warrant under this section all reasonable assistance.
 (8) Nothing in Part VIIA of the Crimes Act 1914 or the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 shall be taken