Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

E728046

Australian federal statute intelligence legislation

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 is the primary Australian federal law that establishes, empowers, and regulates the operations, powers, and oversight of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) within the national security framework.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 canonical	6
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Act 2020	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8365257 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
Context triple: [Australian Intelligence Community, legalFramework, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979]

A. National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act
The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act is Canadian federal legislation that establishes and governs the independent body responsible for reviewing all national security and intelligence activities of the Government of Canada.
B. Intelligence Services Act 1994
The Intelligence Services Act 1994 is a UK law that formally put the country’s intelligence agencies, including MI6 and GCHQ, on a statutory footing and defined their powers, functions, and oversight mechanisms.
C. Intelligence and Security Act 2017
The Intelligence and Security Act 2017 is New Zealand legislation that modernised and unified the legal framework governing the country’s intelligence agencies, their powers, oversight, and accountability.
D. Intelligence Services Act 2001
The Intelligence Services Act 2001 is an Australian federal law that establishes and regulates the powers, functions, and oversight of the country’s key intelligence agencies.
E. Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 is an Australian federal law that establishes and governs the independent oversight body responsible for reviewing the activities of the nation’s intelligence agencies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
Target entity description: The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 is the primary Australian federal law that establishes, empowers, and regulates the operations, powers, and oversight of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) within the national security framework.

A. National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act
The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act is Canadian federal legislation that establishes and governs the independent body responsible for reviewing all national security and intelligence activities of the Government of Canada.
B. Intelligence Services Act 1994
The Intelligence Services Act 1994 is a UK law that formally put the country’s intelligence agencies, including MI6 and GCHQ, on a statutory footing and defined their powers, functions, and oversight mechanisms.
C. Intelligence and Security Act 2017
The Intelligence and Security Act 2017 is New Zealand legislation that modernised and unified the legal framework governing the country’s intelligence agencies, their powers, oversight, and accountability.
D. Intelligence Services Act 2001
The Intelligence Services Act 2001 is an Australian federal law that establishes and regulates the powers, functions, and oversight of the country’s key intelligence agencies.
E. Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 is an Australian federal law that establishes and governs the independent oversight body responsible for reviewing the activities of the nation’s intelligence agencies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian federal statute ⓘ intelligence legislation ⓘ
administeredBy	Attorney-General of Australia ⓘ Attorney-General's Department (Australia) ⓘ linked to: Attorney-General’s Department (Australia)
appliesTo	Commonwealth agencies ⓘ persons in Australia in relation to security intelligence activities ⓘ
citation	Cth ⓘ
commencementDate	1979-10-13 ⓘ
containsProvisionsOn	cooperation with other agencies ⓘ offences relating to disclosure of information ⓘ oversight and accountability mechanisms ⓘ protection of sources and methods ⓘ security assessments ⓘ warrant procedures ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
definesFunctionsOf	Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ⓘ Director-General of Security ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of Australia ⓘ
establishes	Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ⓘ
establishesRoleOf	Director-General of Security ⓘ
governs	ASIO detention powers (historically, with later amendments and sunset provisions) ⓘ ASIO information collection and sharing ⓘ ASIO questioning powers ⓘ ASIO surveillance powers ⓘ ASIO warrants and special powers ⓘ
hasAmendments	ASIO Legislation Amendment Act 2003 ⓘ ASIO Legislation Amendment Act 2006 ⓘ linked to: ASIO Legislation Amendment Act 2003 Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Act 2020 ⓘ linked to: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 National Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2014 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalArea	intelligence and security ⓘ national security law ⓘ
longTitle	An Act relating to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ⓘ
oversightBodyReferenced	Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security ⓘ linked to: Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (Australia) Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security ⓘ
primarySubject	Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ⓘ
purpose	to define the functions and powers of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ⓘ to provide for the security of the Commonwealth ⓘ to regulate the collection of security intelligence in Australia ⓘ
regulates	Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ⓘ
relatedTo	Intelligence Services Act 2001 ⓘ National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 ⓘ Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 ⓘ
royalAssentDate	1979-10-09 ⓘ
shortTitle	Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ⓘ
status	in force ⓘ
yearOfEnactment	1979 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian Intelligence Community → legalFramework → Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ⓘ

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation → legalBasis → Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ⓘ

Australian Federal Police Act 1979 → relatedTo → Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ⓘ

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 → relatedTo → Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ⓘ

AIC → governedBy → Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ⓘ

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 → shortTitle → Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ⓘ

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 → hasAmendments → Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Act 2020 ⓘ

linked to: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated Show

Statements (48)

How these facts were elicited Show

Referenced by (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

How these facts were elicited