Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act 2013

Registration, enforcement, and miscellaneous provisions - Registration - Register

66: Operation of and access to register

You could also call this:

"How to access and use the surveillance register"

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The register can be kept electronically or in another way the Registrar chooses. You can access the register if you are a surveillance agency or work for one. The Registrar can stop you from accessing the register if it is not practical.

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65: Contents of register, or

"What's in the network operator information list"

67: Registrar must keep register secure, or

"The Registrar must keep the private register safe and secure."

Part 4Registration, enforcement, and miscellaneous provisions
Registration: Register

66Operation of and access to register

The register may be kept as an electronic register or in any other manner that the Registrar thinks fit.
The register must be available for access and searching by surveillance agencies (including by any employee or other person acting on behalf of a surveillance agency) at all times unless suspended under subsection (4).
The register is not available for access or searching by any person other than a designated officer or a surveillance agency (or any employee or other person acting on its behalf).
The Registrar may refuse access to the register or suspend its operation, in whole or in part, if the Registrar considers that it is not practical to provide access to the register.