Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where:
(a) the Director - General has forwarded or made a request to the Attorney - General for the issue of a warrant under section 25, 25A, 26, 26R, 27 or 27AA;
(b) the Attorney - General has not, to the knowledge of the Director - General, issued, or refused to issue, a warrant as a result of the request and has not, within the preceding period of 3 months, refused to issue a substantially similar warrant;
(c) the Director - General has not, within the preceding period of 3 months, issued a substantially similar warrant; and
(d) the Director - General is satisfied:
(i) that the facts of the case would justify the issue of a warrant by the Attorney - General; and
(ii) that, if the action to be authorized by the warrant does not commence before a warrant can be issued and made available by the Attorney - General, security will be, or is likely to be, seriously prejudiced;
the Director - General may issue a warrant signed by the Director - General of the kind that could be issued by the Attorney - General in pursuance of the request.
(2) A warrant under this section shall specify the period for which it is to remain in force, being a period that does not exceed 48 hours, but may be revoked by the Attorney - General at any time before the expiration of the period so specified.
(3) Where the Director - General issues a warrant under this section, the Director - General shall forthwith furnish to the Attorney - General:
(a) a copy of the warrant; and
(b) a statement of the grounds on which the Director - General is satisfied as to the matter referred to in subparagraph (1)(d)(ii).
(4) The Director - General must, within 3 working days after issuing a warrant under this section, give a copy of the warrant to the Inspector - General of Intelligence and Security.