List of Recommendations

Recommendation 1

3.54

The Committee recommends that the Government request the Comprehensive Review into the Legal Framework of the National Intelligence Community to examine the consistency of the various provisions across national intelligence community legislation enabling these agencies to cooperate with foreign authorities.

Recommendation 2

3.55

The Committee recommends that the Government amend clause 54(2) of the Office of National Intelligence Bill 2018 to ensure that the powers of the Director-General of National Intelligence under clause 13(2) cannot be delegated when approving an authority of another country as being capable of assisting ONI in the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers.

Recommendation 3

3.89

The Committee recommends the Office of National Intelligence Bill 2018 be amended to remove clause 43 (Offence—subsequent communications of certain information).

Recommendation 4

3.121

The Committee recommends that clause 53 of the Office of National Intelligence Bill 2018 be amended to include a statutory requirement that the privacy rules be made public, except to the extent that those rules contain classified information.

Recommendation 5

3.123

The Committee recommends that clause 53(4) of the Office of National Intelligence Bill 2018 be amended to require the Prime Minister to consult with the Privacy Commissioner, including by providing the Commissioner with a copy of the privacy rules the Prime Minister is proposing to make.

Recommendation 6

3.139

The Committee recommends that, following the implementation of the recommendations in this report, the Office of National Intelligence Bill 2018 and the Office of National Intelligence (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018 be passed.

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