Schedule 2 Amendments relating to Mutual Assistance
Part 2 Telecommunications data
(i) is punishable by imprisonment for 3 years or more,
imprisonment for life or the death penalty; or
(ii) involves an act or omission that, if it had occurred in
Australia, would have constituted a serious offence
within the meaning of section 5D of the
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act
1979; and
(b) appropriate in all the circumstances.
(7) An extension under subsection (6) must not be for more than 21
days from the day of the extension.
Disclosure to a foreign law enforcement agency
(8) If specified information or specified documents are disclosed
because of an authorisation given under subsection (2), an
authorised officer of the Australian Federal Police may authorise
the disclosure of the information or documents so disclosed to a
foreign law enforcement agency if the authorised officer is
satisfied that the disclosure is:
(a) reasonably necessary for the investigation of an offence
against the law of a foreign country that:
(i) is punishable by imprisonment for 3 years or more,
imprisonment for life or the death penalty; or
(ii) involves an act or omission that, if it had occurred in
Australia, would have constituted a serious offence
within the meaning of section 5D of the
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act
1979; and
(b) appropriate in all the circumstances.
(9) An authorised officer must not make more than one authorisation a
day under subsection (8).
Subdivision B—Secondary disclosures
180C Authorisations to disclose information or documents—
enforcement of the criminal law of a foreign country
(1) If specified information or specified documents are disclosed
because of an authorisation given under Division 4, other than
because of an authorisation under section 178A (missing persons),
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