If you are the Director-General of an intelligence and security agency, you must make sure your agency only does things it is allowed to do. You have to stay within the rules of what you are authorised to do. This means you can only do activities you are allowed to do and use the powers you need to do those activities.
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49: Authorisation required to carry out otherwise unlawful activity, or
"Agencies need permission to do something that's normally against the law"
51: Request for assistance to give effect to authorisations, or
"Asking for help to carry out a special job given to an intelligence and security agency"
The Director-General of an intelligence and security agency must take all reasonable steps to ensure that, in relation to the carrying out of an otherwise unlawful activity, the intelligence and security agency—
