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Law of the Intelligence Service. |
| Date | LAW-1998-03-20-11 |
| Ministry of | Ministry of Defense |
| Last modified | |
| Published | Avd In 1998 No. 5 |
| Istrontrecation | 20.03.1998 |
| Changing | |
| Announcement | |
| Card title | Intelligence Law |
The purpose of this law is to
| a. | adding the conditions to the right so that the Intelligence Service can help map and counter external threats to the national independence and security and other important national interests, and |
| b. | safe trust and secure the basis for the control of the Intelligence Service. |
The intelligence service is integrated into the defense organization and business.
The Defence Chief is responsible for the Intelligence Service. The Head of the Intelligence Service is directly subject to the Defense of Defense and is dennes advisor in intelligence professional questions.
The king brings closer regulations on the organization of the service.
Part Article SECTION 3. Intelligence service tasksIntelligence is to overtake, process and analyze information that concerns Norwegian interests seen in relation to foreign states, organizations or individuals, and on this background draft threat analysis and intelligence assessments, in the extent that it can help ensure important national interests, herunder
| a. | the design of Norwegian Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security policy, |
| b. | contingency planning and correct episode and crisis management, |
| c. | long-term planning and structural development in the defense, |
| d. | efficiency of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces, |
| e. | support of defence sallices that Norway is participating in, |
| f. | Norwegian forces participating in international military operations, |
| g. | -the weighing of information on international terrorism, |
| h. | -the issue of information on overnational environmental issues, |
| in. | -the provision of information on various forms of the spread of mass destruction and equipment and material for representation of such weapons, and |
| j. | The basis of Norwegian participation in and follow-up of international agreements on the nedrustding and armor control measures. |
The intelligence community can establish and maintain intelligence cooperation with other countries.
The Intelligence Service shall ensure the conduct of a national capacity to overtake and communicate informations and intelligence directions to Norwegian authorities from a whole or partially occupied Norway.
The king establishes further instruction on the service's tasks and business.
Part Article SECTION 4. The relationship of Norwegian physical and legal personsThe intelligence is not going on Norwegian territory monitoring or otherwise covert manner obtaining information about Norwegian physical or legal persons.
Intelligence can only retain information that applies to Norwegian physical or legal persons if the information has direct association with the charge of the Intelligence Service's tasks after Section 3 or is directly connected to such a person's work or mission for the Intelligence Service.
Information obtained or outperformed by the Intelligence Service shall be systematically arranged in archive that should be reassuring secured and unavailable to others than the service's own embodies-and officials with the service needs of access and people who has been set to lead control and supervision with the service business.
The defence chief provides further regulations on the filing of the filing arrangement in the Intelligence Service.
The Intelligence Service is subject to the control and supervision of the Parliament's Control Committee for the Intelligence, monitoring and security service, in accordance with the provisions of the Law of Law 3. February 1995 # 7 about control with the intelligence, monitoring, and security service.
The king can establish special arrangements to control and lead supervision of the Intelligence Service, in the intention to impose the operation of the business within the frame of current law, administrative or military directives and unattached right, as well as on the notice that legal security and other consideration are being looked after.
Part Article SECTION 7. IstrontrecationThis law takes effect from the time the King decides.
| 0 | The law went on ir. 20 March 1998 ifg res. 20 March 1998 # 202. |
