Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 317LA

  (1)   The chief officer of an interception agency of a State or Territory must not give a technical assistance notice to a designated communications provider unless:

  (a)   the chief officer has given the AFP Commissioner a written notice setting out a proposal to give the technical assistance notice; and

  (b)   the AFP Commissioner has approved the giving of the technical assistance notice.

  (2)   An approval under paragraph   (1)(b) may be given:

  (a)   orally; or

  (b)   in writing.

  (3)   If an approval under paragraph   (1)(b) is given orally, the AFP Commissioner must:

  (a)   make a written record of the approval; and

  (b)   do so within 48 hours after the approval was given.

  (4)   For the purposes of this section, AFP Commissioner means the Commissioner (within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 ).