Schedule 2 Amendments relating to Mutual Assistance
Part 2 Telecommunications data
(a) in sections 180A, 180B, 180C and 180D, subsections 184(5)
and 185(2) and paragraph 186(1)(ca), means:
(i) the Commissioner of Police; or
(ii) a Deputy Commissioner of Police; or
(iii) a member of the Australian Federal Police who is
covered by an authorisation in force under subsection
5AB(1A); and
(b) in any other case, means:
(i) the head (however described) of the enforcement agency
or a person acting as that head; or
(ii) a deputy head (however described) of the enforcement
agency or a person acting as that deputy head; or
(iii) a person who holds, or is acting in, an office or position
in the enforcement agency that is covered by an
authorisation in force under subsection 5AB(1).
33 Subsection 5(1)
Insert:
foreign law enforcement agency means:
(a) a police force (however described) of a foreign country; or
(b) any other authority or person responsible for the enforcement
of the laws of the foreign country.
34 Subsection 5AB(1)
Omit “paragraph (c)”, substitute “subparagraph (b)(iii)”.
Note:
The following heading to subsection 5AB(1) is inserted “Authorised officers of an
enforcement agency”.
35 Subsection 5AB(2)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
Authorised officers of the Australian Federal Police
(1A) The Commissioner of Police may authorise, in writing, a senior
executive AFP employee who is a member of the Australian
Federal Police to be an authorised officer.
(2) A copy of an authorisation must be given to the Communications
Access Coordinator:
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Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Act 2012
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