Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Director - General of Security may, in accordance with subsection 18(3) or (4A), or subsection 19A(4) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 , communicate the following to another person:
(a) lawfully accessed information;
(aa) preservation notice information;
(b) stored communications warrant information.
(1A) The Director - General of Security may:
(a) for the purposes (if any) approved by the Attorney - General in writing; and
(b) subject to the conditions (if any) specified by the Attorney - General in writing;
communicate foreign intelligence information to another person (the second person ), other than a person to whom the Director - General could communicate the information under subsection (1) or 136(2).
(1B) The second person to whom the foreign intelligence information is communicated under subsection (1A), and any other person to whom that information is communicated under this subsection, may communicate it to another person, and use and make a record of it.
(2) The communication under subsection (1) or (1A) may be made by the Director - General of Security personally or by a person authorised by the Director - General.
(3) A person to whom foreign intelligence information has been communicated under subsection (1) may, in the proper performance or exercise of the person's functions, duties or powers:
(a) for the purposes (if any) approved, and subject to the conditions (if any) specified, by the Attorney - General in writing:
(i) communicate that information to another person (the second person ); and
(ii) use that information; and
(b) make a record of that information;
and the second person, and any other person to whom that information is communicated under this subsection, may communicate it to another person, and use and make a record of it.
(4) An approval or a condition under subsection (1A) or
(3) is not a legislative instrument.