Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a technical assistance request has been given to a person by the Director - General of Security, the Director - General of Security may, by written notice given to the person, revoke the request.
(1A) If a technical assistance request has been given to a person by the Director - General of Security, and the Director - General of Security is satisfied that:
(a) the request is not reasonable and proportionate; or
(b) compliance with the request is not:
(i) practicable; and
(ii) technically feasible;
the Director - General of Security must, by written notice given to the person, revoke the request.
(2) If a technical assistance request has been given to a person by the Director - General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, the Director - General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service may, by written notice given to the person, revoke the request.
(2A) If a technical assistance request has been given to a person by the Director - General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, and the Director - General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service is satisfied that:
(a) the request is not reasonable and proportionate; or
(b) compliance with the request is not:
(i) practicable; and
(ii) technically feasible;
the Director - General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service must, by written notice given to the person, revoke the request.
(3) If a technical assistance request has been given to a person by the Director - General of the Australian Signals Directorate, the Director - General of the Australian Signals Directorate may, by written notice given to the person, revoke the request.
(3A) If a technical assistance request has been given to a person by the Director - General of the Australian Signals Directorate, and the Director - General of the Australian Signals Directorate is satisfied that:
(a) the request is not reasonable and proportionate; or
(b) compliance with the request is not:
(i) practicable; and
(ii) technically feasible;
the Director - General of the Australian Signals Directorate must, by written notice given to the person, revoke the request.
(4) If a technical assistance request has been given to a person by the chief officer of an interception agency, the chief officer may, by written notice given to the person, revoke the request.
(5) If a technical assistance request has been given to a person by the chief officer of an interception agency, and the chief officer is satisfied that:
(a) the request is not reasonable and proportionate; or
(b) compliance with the request is not:
(i) practicable; and
(ii) technically feasible;
the chief officer must, by written notice given to the person, revoke the request.
Notification obligations
(6) If the Director - General of Security revokes a technical assistance request, the Director - General of Security must, within 7 days after revoking the request, notify the Inspector - General of Intelligence and Security that the request has been revoked.
(7) If the Director - General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service revokes a technical assistance request, the Director - General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service must, within 7 days after revoking the request, notify the Inspector - General of Intelligence and Security that the request has been revoked.
(8) If the Director - General of the Australian Signals Directorate revokes a technical assistance request, the Director - General of the Australian Signals Directorate must, within 7 days after revoking the request, notify the Inspector - General of Intelligence and Security that the request has been revoked.
(9) If the chief officer of an interception agency revokes a technical assistance request, the chief officer must, within 7 days after revoking the request, notify the Commonwealth Ombudsman that the request has been revoked.
(10) A failure to comply with subsection (6), (7), (8) or (9) does not affect the validity of a revocation of a technical assistance request.