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Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act 2013

Registration, enforcement, and miscellaneous provisions - General information-gathering powers

81: Miscellaneous provisions

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You get information in response to a notice under section 77(1)(a) or 78(1)(a). This information must be in writing. It must also come with a certificate. The certificate confirms the information complies with the notice. You can inspect and make records of a document produced in response to a notice. If you produce a document, someone can inspect it and make records. They can also take copies of the document or parts of it. There are rules about what information can be asked for. You cannot be asked for information that could have been obtained under an interception warrant.

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Part 4Registration, enforcement, and miscellaneous provisions
General information-gathering powers

81Miscellaneous provisions

  1. Information supplied in response to a notice under section 77(1)(a) or 78(1)(a) must be—

  2. given in writing; and
    1. accompanied by a certificate that confirms that, to the best of the network operator's knowledge, the information supplied complies with requirements of the notice.

      1. If a document is produced in response to a notice under section 77 or 78, a surveillance agency referred to in section 77(4) or the Director (as the case may be), or the person to whom the document is produced, may—

      2. inspect and make records of that document; and
        1. take copies of the document or extracts from the document.

          1. Nothing in section 77 or 78 permits a designated officer or the Director to require a network operator to supply, produce, reproduce, or assist in reproducing any information or document that could have been obtained, or should have been sought, under an interception warrant or other lawful interception authority.