Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION ACT 1979 - SECT 26D

    Either of the following:

  (a)   an ASIO employee acting in the course of the ASIO employee's duties;

  (b)   an ASIO affiliate acting in accordance with the contract, agreement or other arrangement under which the ASIO affiliate is performing functions or services for the Organisation;

may install, use or maintain an optical surveillance device without warrant if the installation, use or maintenance of the device does not involve:

  (c)   entering premises without permission from the owner or occupier of the premises; or

  (d)   interference with any vehicle or thing without permission of the person having lawful possession or control of the vehicle or thing.

Note:   This section does not apply to an ASIO affiliate specified in a determination under subsection   26F(1).