National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act (S.C. 2017, c. 15)

Marginal note:Review of national security matters

• 8 (1) The mandate of the Committee is to review

  • (a) the legislative, regulatory, policy, administrative and financial framework for national security and intelligence;

  • (b) any activity carried out by a department that relates to national security or intelligence, unless the activity is an ongoing operation and the appropriate Minister determines that the review would be injurious to national security; and

  • (c) any matter relating to national security or intelligence that a minister of the Crown refers to the Committee.

• Marginal note:Review injurious to national security

  (2) If the appropriate Minister determines that a review would be injurious to national security, he or she must inform the Committee of his or her determination and the reasons for it.

• Marginal note:Review no longer injurious

  (3) If the appropriate Minister determines that the review would no longer be injurious to national security or if the appropriate Minister is informed that the activity is no longer ongoing, he or she must inform the Committee that the review may be conducted.