Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn this Act:
"ACC" means the Australian Crime Commission established by section 7 of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 .
"AFP" means the Australian Federal Police.
"AFP appointee" has the same meaning as in the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 .
"AFP conduct or practices issue" has the same meaning as in the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 .
"CEO of the ACC" means the Chief Executive Officer of the ACC.
"intelligence operation" has the same meaning as in the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 .
"law enforcement agency" means:
(a) the ACC; or
(b) the AFP; or
(c) a Police Force of a State; or
(d) any other authority or person responsible for the enforcement of the laws of the Commonwealth or of the States.
"member" means a member of the Committee.
"member of the staff of the ACC" has the same meaning as in the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 .
"relevant crime" has the same meaning as in the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 .
"sensitive information" means information that, if disclosed:
(a) could prejudice:
(i) the security, defence or international relations of Australia; or
(ii) relations between the Commonwealth Government and the Government of a State or between the Government of a State and the Government of another State; or
(b) would disclose:
(i) deliberations or decisions of the Cabinet, or of a Committee of the Cabinet, of the Commonwealth or of a State; or
(ii) deliberations or decisions of the Australian Capital Territory Executive or of a committee of that Executive; or
(iii) deliberations or advice of the Federal Executive Council or the Executive Council of a State or the Northern Territory; or
(c) could reveal, or enable a person to ascertain, the existence or identity of a confidential source of information in relation to:
(i) the enforcement of the criminal law of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory or a foreign country; or
(ii) an investigation relating to misconduct or alleged misconduct by an AFP appointee; or
(iii) an investigation relating to misconduct or alleged misconduct by a member of the staff of the ACC; or
(iv) an investigation into an AFP conduct or practices issue; or
(v) a special ACC operation/investigation (including a special ACC operation/investigation that has been concluded); or
(d) could endanger a person's life or physical safety; or
(e) could prejudice the protection of public safety; or
(f) could prejudice the fair trial of a person or the impartial adjudication of a matter; or
(g) could prejudice the proper enforcement of the law or the operations of law enforcement agencies; or
(h) could prejudice a person's reputation; or
(i) would disclose information the disclosure of which is prohibited (absolutely or subject to qualifications) by or under another law of the Commonwealth; or
(j) would unreasonably disclose personal information (within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988 ); or
(k) would unreasonably disclose confidential commercial information.
"special ACC operation/investigation" has the same meaning as in the ACC Act.
"State" includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
"the Committee" means the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement for the time being constituted under this Act.