Federal Act
on the Intelligence Service
(Intelligence Service Act, IntelSA)

¹ An in­de­pend­ent con­trol au­thor­ity with­in the Ad­min­is­tra­tion shall veri­fy the leg­al­ity of ra­dio com­mu­nic­a­tions in­tel­li­gence and su­per­vise the con­duct of au­thor­ised and cleared cable com­mu­nic­a­tions in­tel­li­gence as­sign­ments. In car­ry­ing out its tasks, it is not bound by dir­ect­ives from oth­er au­thor­it­ies. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall ap­point its mem­bers.

² The con­trol au­thor­ity shall ex­am­ine the as­sign­ments giv­en to the ser­vice car­ry­ing out com­mu­nic­a­tions in­tel­li­gence and the pro­cessing and passing on of in­form­a­tion that this ser­vice has ob­tained. For this pur­pose, it shall be gran­ted ac­cess by the re­spons­ible agen­cies to all rel­ev­ant in­form­a­tion and fa­cil­it­ies.

³ It may is­sue re­com­mend­a­tions based on its audit and re­quest that the DDPS ter­min­ate ra­dio com­mu­nic­a­tions in­tel­li­gence as­sign­ments and de­lete in­form­a­tion. Its re­com­mend­a­tions, re­quests and re­ports are not made pub­lic.

⁴ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall reg­u­late the com­pos­i­tion and the or­gan­isa­tion of the con­trol au­thor­ity, the re­mu­ner­a­tion of its mem­bers and the or­gan­isa­tion of its Sec­ret­ari­at. The term of of­fice amounts to four years.