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Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Oversight of intelligence and security agencies - Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security - Procedure on completion of inquiry

189: Return of documents, etc, after inquiry

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"Giving back documents after an inquiry is finished"

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When an inquiry is finished, the Inspector-General must give back to the intelligence and security agency all the information, documents, and things they got from that agency for the inquiry. The Inspector-General must keep safe or get rid of any other information, documents, and things they have about the inquiry. They must do this in a way that follows the rules for keeping or getting rid of documents that apply to intelligence and security agencies, you can find more information about these rules by looking at the legislation, such as the link to s 25(4) of a related act.

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Part 6Oversight of intelligence and security agencies
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security: Procedure on completion of inquiry

189Return of documents, etc, after inquiry

  1. On completion of an inquiry, the Inspector-General must return to the intelligence and security agency concerned all information, documents, and things relating to the inquiry that the Inspector-General obtained from that agency.

  2. All other information, documents, and things relating to the inquiry in the possession of the Inspector-General must be—

  3. kept by the Inspector-General in safe custody in accordance with the requirements for the safe custody of documents applying to intelligence and security agencies; or
    1. disposed of by the Inspector-General in accordance with the requirements for the disposal of documents applying to intelligence and security agencies.

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