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Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Authorisations - Intelligence warrants - Authorisations by Director-General of intelligence and security agency

81: Information to be destroyed if authorisation given under section 78 revoked

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"Destroy information quickly if its approval is cancelled"

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If an authorisation given under section 78(2)(a) or (b) is revoked, you must destroy all the information you got under that authorisation as soon as you can. This means getting rid of the information quickly. You do this to follow the rules.

There is an exception to this rule. If you got some information by accident, you might be able to keep it under section 104. This exception is important to remember.

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Intelligence warrants: Authorisations by Director-General of intelligence and security agency

81Information to be destroyed if authorisation given under section 78 revoked

  1. If an authorisation given under section 78(2)(a) or (b) is revoked, all information obtained under that authorisation must be destroyed as soon as practicable.

  2. Subsection (1) does not apply to any incidentally obtained information that may be retained under section 104.