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Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Oversight of intelligence and security agencies - Intelligence and Security Committee - Evidence

205: Committee’s records may be copied to House of Representatives

You could also call this:

"The House of Representatives can get copies of the Committee's work records, with secret information removed."

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The House of Representatives can ask the Committee for a copy of any records the Committee has about its work under section 193(1)(a) to (d). You need to know that the Committee must remove any secret information before giving the records to the House of Representatives. The Committee must follow the rules about what information is secret, which is explained in section 224.

When the Committee gives records to the House of Representatives, it is giving them information about what the Committee has done, like reports, evidence, and advice it received. The Committee has to be careful about what information it shares.

The rules say what the Committee can and cannot share with the House of Representatives, and the Committee must follow these rules to keep secret information safe.

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Part 6Oversight of intelligence and security agencies
Intelligence and Security Committee: Evidence

205Committee’s records may be copied to House of Representatives

  1. The House of Representatives may require the Committee to provide to it a copy of any or all records held by the Committee in relation to the performance of its functions under section 193(1)(a) to (d).

  2. Before providing a copy of any record to the House of Representatives, the Committee must remove any protected information.

  3. In this section,—

    protected information means information that, under section 224, may not be disclosed by the Committee in a report to the House of Representatives

      records means the records of the proceedings of the Committee, including records of reports, evidence, and advice received by the Committee during the course of proceedings.