Professional statute overview
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This section amends section 1 of the Act by replacing the definitions of “Agency,” “counter-intelligence,” and “departmental intelligence.””
This section amends section 1 of the Act by replacing the definitions of “Agency,” “counter-intelligence,” and “departmental intelligence.” This provision amends several definitions in the Act, including “state security matter,” “national security,” “intelligence,” and related intelligence-structure terms. This provision amends section 2 to update the Agency’s functions, tighten the national-security intelligence wording, and add or revise several definitions. This provision expands the Agency’s functions for electronic communications and cryptography and exempts it from certain licensing requirements when carrying out those functions. This section amends Section 2A to rename security screening as vetting investigations, set out who may conduct them, assign the Agency responsibility for vetting, and exempt the Agency from certain licensing requirements when doing specified communications work.
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This section amends section 1 of the Act by replacing the definitions of “Agency,” “counter-intelligence,” and “departmental intelligence.”
Section 1
This section amends section 10 so the Director-General or Chief Executive Officer must command and control the Agency, may issue functional directives with Ministerial approval, and must help protect sensitive intelligence information and avoid partisan…
Section 22
The Minister may establish canteens for the Agency and its organisational components, despite anything contrary in other law.
Section 45
This section deletes the words “Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Akademie van Intelligensie” and “Hoof-Uitvoerende Beampte” from Schedule 1.
Section 3
This section amends article 34 by replacing one subparagraph and deleting another.
Section 2
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Source and current-law status
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Source record from www.parliament.gov.za · updated 23 Jul 2013
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