Interaction with other provisions
(1) This Part:
(a) applies despite any other provision of this Act, the regulations, the rules or the practice directions; but
(b) unless this Part provides otherwise--does not limit the operation of any such provision to the extent that the provision is capable of operating concurrently with this Part.
(2) To avoid doubt, this Part does not limit Division 6 of Part 7 (sending and disclosing documents).
Assessments to be treated as decisions
(3) To avoid doubt, this Act applies in relation to criminal intelligence assessments, security assessments and security clearance suitability assessments as if:
(a) those assessments were decisions; and
(b) the making of those assessments were the making of decisions.