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Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act 2013

Preliminary provisions - Purposes and principles

7: Purpose of this Act relating to network security

You could also call this:

"Keeping New Zealand's phone and internet networks safe and secure"

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The purpose of this Act is to stop or reduce security risks. You need to know it applies to public telecommunications networks. It also applies to connections between these networks in New Zealand or overseas.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions
Purposes and principles

7Purpose of this Act relating to network security

  1. The purpose of this Act in relation to network security is to prevent, sufficiently mitigate, or remove security risks arising from—

  2. the design, build, or operation of public telecommunications networks; and
    1. interconnections to or between public telecommunications networks in New Zealand or with networks overseas.