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Intelligence Services Act, 2002 (Act No. 65 of 2002)

Intelligence Services Regulations, 2003

Chapter XXVI : Security Screening

1. General

 

 

1) These security screening regulations provide a framework for determining the security competency of a person or member.

 

2) All information acquired during a security screening investigation procedure must be treated with confidentiality and may not be used for any other purpose except for determining the security competency of the person or member with due regard for section 2(1)(b)(iii) of the National Strategic Intelligence Act, 1994 (Act 39 of 1994).

 

3) The security screening investigation procedure may only be used to —
a) protect the Intelligence Services and the Academy from foreign and hostile intelligence operations;
b) safeguard the Intelligence Services and the Academy from the unauthorized dissemination or disclosure of classified information and material; and
c) determine the person's or member's integrity, reliability and loyalty to the Intelligence Services and the Academy in safeguarding the interests of the Republic of South Africa and its Constitution.

 

4) All security screening investigation procedures must be undertaken—
a) with due regard for the vision, mission and core values of the respective Intelligence Services and the Academy;
b) subject to the fundamental rights assigned in the Constitution.

 

5) For purpose of this Chapter —
a) "General Manager" means the General Manager responsible for the security screening function;
b) "applicant" means a person or member who is subject of a security screening investigation.