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AD-HOC COMMITTEE: GENERAL INTELLIGENCE LAWS AMENDMEND BILL. 22 February 2013. INTRODUCTION. Department sought to table a State Security Bill Urgency made us choose the tabling of the GILAB as a technical bill Urgency is a result of oversight structures concerns
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AD-HOC COMMITTEE: GENERAL INTELLIGENCE LAWS AMENDMEND BILL 22 February 2013
INTRODUCTION • Department sought to table a State Security Bill • Urgency made us choose the tabling of the GILAB as a technical bill • Urgency is a result of oversight structures concerns • Presently we ask for consolidation of financial statements • Presently we get qualified IGI certificates due to legal uncertainty Matters pertaining to the dispensation, mandate, functions, powers and methods and their regulation are not part of this bill . These will be dealt with in the national discussion on security
ISSUES FOR RECONSIDERARTION • The functioning of NICOC • Monitoring of foreign signals • Retention of COMSEC licensing exemptions and aligning of functions with the NCPC
PUBLIC HEARINGS • We wrote to the Committee indicating that we did not want to respond. • Issues were dealt with already in the first briefings to the Adhoc Committee • Concerns on policy issues made us to reconsider the delay of new policy aspects pending a national discussion on security matters
FUNCTIONING OF NICOC • Appointment of Coordinator for Intelligence • Location of NICOC • In light of the concerns of Members as this is a policy matter, we suggests that it be delayed for the pending discussion
SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE • Domestic signals intelligence: regulated by RICA and Ministerial Directives • Foreign signals is governed by Ministerial regulations since 2007 as an interim measure • The aim was to subject this for internal use to the RICA judge • The Committee is requested to consider and decide on the matter
Retention of COMSEC licensing exemptions • The Bill, in line with the Proclamation, proposes the dissolution of COMSEC as a company thus losing exemption rights enjoyed by SOEs.
ALIGNING THE FUNCTION OF COMSEC IN LINE WITH THE NCPF • Amendment to insertion providing for the protection and security of critical communications against unauthorised access.
CONCLUSION • The passage of GILAB is a matter of urgency hence the reconsideration as a result of urgent issues raised by oversight structures • We have attempted to make the Bill as technical as we possible can and look forward to the support of the Ad-hoc Committee