Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where the Attorney-General issues or revokes a Part 2-2 warrant, he or she shall cause:
(a) the Director-General of Security to be informed forthwith of the issue of the warrant or of the revocation, as the case may be; and
(b) the warrant or the instrument of revocation, as the case may be, to be forwarded, as soon as practicable, to the Director General of Security.
(1A) Where:
(a) the Director-General of Security is informed under paragraph (1)(a) of the issue of a warrant (other than a warrant under section 11C); and
(b) it is proposed, under the warrant, to intercept communications made to or from a telecommunications service while they are passing over a telecommunications system operated by a carrier; and
(ba) the execution of the warrant will involve the taking of action by the carrier or its employees;
the Director-General of Security shall cause:
(c) an authorised representative of that carrier to be informed forthwith of the issue of the warrant; and
(d) where, under paragraph (1)(b), the Director-General of Security receives the warrant--a copy of the warrant, certified in writing by a certifying person to be a true copy of the warrant, to be given as soon as practicable to that authorised representative.
Note: Subsection 15(7) deals with cases where the Director-General of Security is informed of the issue of a warrant under section 11C.
(1B) Where:
(a) an authorised representative of a carrier has been informed, under subsection (1A), of the issue of a warrant; and
(b) the Director-General of Security is informed under paragraph (1)(a) that the warrant has been revoked;
the Director-General of Security shall cause:
(c) that authorised representative to be informed forthwith of the revocation; and
(d) where, under paragraph (1)(b), the Director-General of Security receives the instrument of revocation--a copy of the instrument, certified in writing by a certifying person to be a true copy of the instrument, to be forwarded as soon as practicable to that authorised representative.
(3) The Attorney-General shall record on each request in writing for the issue of a warrant received by him or her from the Director-General of Security his or her decision with respect to the request and shall cause the request to be returned to the Director-General of Security.
(4) Where:
(a) the Director-General of Security issues a warrant under section 10; and
(b) it is proposed, under the warrant, to intercept communications made to or from a telecommunications service while they are passing over a telecommunications system operated by a carrier; and
(ba) the execution of the warrant will involve the taking of action by the carrier or its employees;
the Director-General of Security shall cause:
(c) an authorised representative of that carrier to be informed forthwith of the issuing of the warrant; and
(d) a copy of the warrant, certified in writing by the Director-General, or a Deputy Director-General of Security, to be a true copy of the warrant, to be given as soon as practicable to that authorised representative.
(6) The Director-General of Security shall cause to be kept in the Organisation's records:
(a) each warrant issued under section 10;
(c) each warrant, and each instrument of revocation, received under this section by the Director-General from the Attorney-General; and
(e) each request, and each document, returned to the Director-General by the Attorney-General.
(7) Where:
(a) the Director-General of Security is informed under paragraph (1)(a) of the issue of a warrant under section 11C; and
(b) it is proposed, under the warrant, to intercept communications made while they are passing over a telecommunications system operated by a carrier; and
(ba) the carrier is required to be given a notice under subsection 11C(4A) in relation to the warrant;
the Director-General of Security must cause:
(c) an authorised representative of that carrier to be informed forthwith of the issue of the warrant; and
(d) that authorised representative to be given the notice under subsection 11C(4A) as soon as reasonably practicable.