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Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 · Updated to 5 Dec 2025 · Part 3 · Directions Against Harmful Foreign Online Communications Activity

22. Self‑initiated cancellation or variation of authorisation

(1)

The Minister may at any time, on his or her own initiative —

(a)

cancel any authorisation made under section 20(1), 21(1) or 23(3)(b) or (c); or

(b)

substitute any authorisation made under section 20(1), 21(1) or 23(3)(b) or (c) with another authorisation that the Minister might have made under section 20 or 21.

(2)

Section 21(2) applies to a decision made under subsection (1)(b).

(3)

Where the Minister makes a decision under subsection (1)(a), the competent authority must give written notice of the cancellation of the authorisation to every person who had been given a Part 3 direction pursuant to that cancelled authorisation.

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