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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 138

Employee of carrier may communicate information to criminal law - enforcement agency

  (1)   An employee of a carrier may, for a purpose or purposes connected with the investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority of a serious contravention or with the performance of its functions relating to enforcement of the Spam Act 2003 , and for no other purpose, communicate to an officer or staff member of the authority the following:

  (a)   lawfully accessed information other than foreign intelligence information;

  (aa)   preservation notice information;

  (b)   stored communications warrant information.

  (2)   An employee of a carrier may, for a purpose or purposes connected with the investigation by any other criminal law - enforcement agency of a serious contravention, and for no other purpose, communicate to an officer or staff member of the agency the following:

  (a)   lawfully accessed information other than foreign intelligence information;

  (aa)   preservation notice information;

  (b)   stored communications warrant information.


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