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Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act 2013

Interception capability duties - Reduced duties - Ministerial directions and regulations relating to lower-level compliance duties

17: Application for direction

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"Asking for a direction to protect national security or law enforcement"

Illustration for Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act 2013

You can ask for a direction under section 19 if you think a network or service is affecting national security or law enforcement. You must tell the network operator about your application in writing and give them a reasonable time to make submissions to the Minister. The network operator can then make submissions to the Minister about your application within the given time.

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Part 2Interception capability duties
Reduced duties: Ministerial directions and regulations relating to lower-level compliance duties

17Application for direction

  1. A surveillance agency may make an application for a direction under section 19 only if the surveillance agency considers that the interception capability or lack of interception capability on a network or a service adversely affects national security or law enforcement.

  2. The surveillance agency must, when applying for a direction, notify the affected network operator in writing of the application and specify in the notice a time, which must be reasonable in the circumstances, within which submissions may be made to the Minister on the application.