Customs Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979
No. 116 of 1979
An Act to amend the Customs Act 1901.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Customs Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979.
(2) The Customs Act 1901 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Act 1979 comes into operation.
Use of listening devices
3. Section 219b of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (12) and substituting the following sub-section:
“(12) Nothing in this section, or in a warrant under this section, applies to or in relation to the use of a listening device for a purpose that would, for the purposes of the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979, constitute the interception of a communication passing over a telecommunications system controlled by the Australian Telecommunications Commission.”.
Certain information not to be disclosed
4. Section 219f of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(b) where the information relates, or appears to relate, to activities that constitute, or to intended activities that would constitute, activities prejudicial to security, within the meaning of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Act 1979—the information may be communicated to the person holding, or performing the duties of, the office of Director-General of Security under that Act.”.