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Western Australia LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Telecommunications (Interception) Western Australia Amendment Bill 1999 A Bill for An Act to amend the Telecommunications (Interception) Western Australia Act 1996 and for related purposes. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications (Interception) Western Australia Amendment Act 1999. page 1 91--1 Telecommunications (Interception) Western Australia Amendment Bill 1999 s. 2 2. Commencement This Act comes into operation on a day fixed by proclamation. 3. The Act amended Except as indicated in section 11, the amendments in this Act 5 are to the Telecommunications (Interception) Western Australia Act 1996*. [* Act No. 44 of 1996.] 4. Long title amended The long title is amended by deleting "Police Force to be 10 declared an agency" and inserting instead -- " Anti-Corruption Commission and the Police Force to be declared agencies ". 15 5. Section 3 amended Section 3(1) is amended as follows: (a) in the definition of "agency", by inserting after paragraph (b) the following paragraph -- " (ba) the Anti-Corruption Commission; "; 20 (b) after the definition of "agency", by inserting the following definition -- " "Anti-Corruption Commission" means the Anti-Corruption Commission established by 25 section 5 of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 1988; "; page 2 Telecommunications (Interception) Western Australia Amendment Bill 1999 s. 5 (c) by deleting the definitions of "certifying officer" and "chief officer" and inserting the following definitions instead -- " 5 "certifying officer" means -- (a) in relation to the Anti-Corruption Commission, a person appointed and holding office as a member of that Commission under section 5(3) of the Anti-Corruption 10 Commission Act 1988; or (b) in relation to the Police Force, the Commissioner of Police or a Deputy Commissioner of Police; "chief officer" means -- 15 (a) in relation to the Anti-Corruption Commission, the person appointed and holding office as a member of that Commission under section 5(3)(a) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 1988; or 20 (b) in relation to the Police Force, the Commissioner of Police; "; (d) in the definition of "eligible authority" after "means", by inserting -- 25 " the Anti-Corruption Commission or "; (e) by deleting the definition of "officer" and inserting the following definition instead -- " "officer" means -- 30 (a) in relation to the Anti-Corruption Commission, a person appointed under page 3 Telecommunications (Interception) Western Australia Amendment Bill 1999 s. 6 section 6(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 1988; or (b) in relation to the Police Force, a member of the Police Force; 5 "; (f) by inserting after the definition of "principal inspector" the following definition -- " "responsible Minister" means -- 10 (a) in relation to the Anti-Corruption Commission, the Attorney General; or (b) in relation to the Police Force, the Minister; ". 6. Section 6 amended 15 After section 6(2) the following subsection is inserted -- " (3) Nothing in any other law prevents the chief officer of an eligible authority from giving to the responsible Minister anything the chief officer is required by this 20 section to give to that Minister. ". 7. Section 10 amended (1) Section 10(1) is repealed. (2) Section 10(2) is amended by deleting "beginning on or after 25 1 July 1997". 8. Section 11 amended Section 11(1) is repealed. page 4 Telecommunications (Interception) Western Australia Amendment Bill 1999 s. 9 9. Various amendments as to "eligible authority" (1) The provisions mentioned in the Table to this subsection are amended by deleting "the eligible authority" and inserting instead -- 5 " an eligible authority ". Table section 4 section 11(2) section 5(1) section 13(2) section 5(2) section 14(1) section 6(1) section 14(4)(a) section 7(a) section 15(2) section 8(1) section 15(3) section 8(2) section 16(b) (2) The provisions mentioned in the Table to this subsection are amended by deleting "the eligible authority's" and inserting instead -- 10 " an eligible authority's ". Table section 9(a) section 12 section 10(2) section 13(1) section 10(3) section 16(a) 10. Various amendments as to "responsible Minister" The provisions mentioned in the Table to this section are amended by deleting "Minister" in each place where it occurs 15 (except in the expression "Commonwealth Minister") and inserting instead -- " responsible Minister ". page 5 Telecommunications (Interception) Western Australia Amendment Bill 1999 s. 11 Table section 6(1) section 11(3) (in 2 places) section 7 (in 2 places) section 11(4) section 9(b) section 18(b) section 11(2) section 21 (in 2 places) 11. Consequential amendment of Anti-Corruption Commission Act 1988 After section 52(2)(b) of the Anti-Corruption Commission 5 Act 1988* the following paragraph is inserted -- " (ba) for the purposes of compliance with the Telecommunications (Interception) Western Australia Act 1996; 10 ". [* Reprinted as at 1 November 1996.]
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