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Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Accessing information held by other agencies - Obtaining business records of telecommunications network operators and financial service providers - Approval to obtain business records

148: Duration of approval

You could also call this:

"How long approval to get business records lasts"

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When you get approval to obtain business records, it starts on the day it is granted and lasts for 6 months. After 6 months, the approval ends, but the Director-General of an intelligence and security agency can apply for another approval that is the same as the first one. The Director-General can do this before or after the original approval expires.

If the Director-General applies for another approval before the first one ends, the new approval can start on the day the first one finishes. This means the approval does not have a gap, and it can keep going without stopping. You can think of it like renewing a permission that is about to expire.

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Obtaining business records of telecommunications network operators and financial service providers: Approval to obtain business records

148Duration of approval

  1. An approval takes effect on the date on which it is granted and expires 6 months after that date.

  2. The Director-General of an intelligence and security agency may, either before or after the date on which an approval expires, apply for a subsequent approval that is the same as the earlier approval.

  3. Despite subsection (1), if an application for a subsequent approval is made before the earlier approval expires, the subsequent approval may take effect from the date on which the earlier approval expires.