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Amendments, repeals, and miscellaneous provisions - Other repeals and amendments - Amendment to Telecommunications (Interception Capability) Act 2004

340: Telecommunications (Interception Capability) Act 2004 amended

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The law about intercepting telecommunications is changing. You need to know that this change affects the Telecommunications (Interception Capability) Act 2004. This act is being amended to change the definition of an interception warrant, which is now a warrant issued under certain laws, including the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. You can find the new definition of an interception warrant in the amended Telecommunications (Interception Capability) Act 2004. This new definition says an interception warrant is a warrant issued under specific parts of certain laws.

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Part 5Amendments, repeals, and miscellaneous provisions
Other repeals and amendments: Amendment to Telecommunications (Interception Capability) Act 2004

340Telecommunications (Interception Capability) Act 2004 amended

  1. This section amends the Telecommunications (Interception Capability) Act 2004.

  2. Section 3(1) is amended by repealing the definition of interception warrant and substituting the following definition:

    interception warrant means a warrant that is issued under any of the following enactments:

    1. section 53 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012:
      1. section 4A(1) or (2) of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Act 1969:
        1. section 17 of the Government Communications Security Bureau Act 2003

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