Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132:section:85zl:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 85ZL (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 1334923–1337803

means a law of a foreign country.
foreign offence means an offence against a foreign law.
intelligence or security agency means:
 (a) the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation; or
 (b) the Australian Secret Intelligence Service; or
 (ba) the Australian Signals Directorate; or
 (c) the Office of National Intelligence; or
 (e) that part of the Defence Department known as the Defence Intelligence Organisation; or
 (f) that part of the Defence Department known as the Australian Geospatial‑Intelligence Organisation.
law enforcement agency means:
 (a) the Australian Federal Police; or
 (b) the police force of a State or Territory; or
 (ba) the Immigration and Border Protection Department; or
 (bb) the National Anti‑Corruption Commission; or
 (bc) the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission of New South Wales, or a similar body established under a law of another State; or
 (c) the ACC; or
 (f) the Independent Commission Against Corruption of New South Wales, or a similar body established under a law of another State; or
 (g) the New South Wales Crime Commission, or a similar body established under a law of another State; or
 (h) the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, or a similar body established under a State law; or
 (j) a Director of Public Prosecutions, or a person performing a similar function, appointed under a law of a State; or
 (k) staff appointed to assist a Director or person referred to in paragraph (j); or
 (m) officers or members of the Attorney‑General's Department of a State or a similar State Department, or of a body administered by such a Department, being officers or members whose primary function is the institution or conduct of proceedings for State offences.
national security information means information affecting the defence, security or international relations of Australia.
Privacy Act means the Privacy Act 1988.
Secretary, in relation to a Commonwealth Department, means the Agency Head within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999.
security has the same meaning as in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.
spent, in relation to a conviction, has the meaning given it in section 85ZM.
State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
State authority means:
 (a) a State Minister;
 (b) a State Department;
 (c) a body (whether incorporated or not), or a tribunal, established or appointed for a public purpose by or under a State law, not being:
 (i) an incorporated company, society or association;
 (ii) an association of employers or employees that is registered or recognised under a State law dealing with the conciliation and arbitration of industrial disputes; or
 (iii) the body corporate constituted under subsection 6(1) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance 1970 of the Australian Capital Territory or a similar body constituted under a law of another