Australian Security Intelligence Organization Amendment Act 1979 (Cth)

Australian Security Intelligence Organization Amendment Act 1979

No. 182 of 1979

An Act to amend section 18 of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Act 1979 for and in relation to the conferring of powers on the Australian Federal Police in respect of narcotics offences.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Amendment Act 1979.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Act 1979 comes into operation.

Communication of intelligence, &c.

3. Section 18 of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Act 19792 is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (3) “of the Commonwealth Police Force” and substituting “to a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (3) “a person who is an officer of Customs for the purposes of the Customs Act 1901” and substituting “a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police for the purposes of investigations into the offence”.