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Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Accessing information held by other agencies - Access to restricted information

141: Access to restricted information must be provided if permitted

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"Agencies must share secret information with the boss of an intelligence agency if they're allowed to."

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If an agency has some information that is not available to everyone, they must let the Director-General of an intelligence and security agency see it. This only happens if the agency is allowed to share the information, and if they actually have it. You can think of the Director-General like a boss of an intelligence and security agency, and they need to see the information to do their job.

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Part 5Accessing information held by other agencies
Access to restricted information

141Access to restricted information must be provided if permitted

  1. An agency must provide to the Director-General of an intelligence and security agency named in the permission access to any restricted information specified in the permission if that information is held by or is within the control of that agency.