Amendments Schedule 1 Main amendments Part 1 Division 6—Attorney-General’s Secretary’s information-gathering powers 315C Attorney-General’s Secretary may obtain information and documents from carriers and carriage service providers (1) This section applies to a carrier, carriage service provider or carriage service intermediary if the Attorney-General’s Secretary has reason to believe that the carrier, provider or intermediary has information or a document that is relevant to assessing compliance with the duty imposed by subsection 313(1A) or (2A). (2) The Attorney-General’s Secretary may, by written notice given to the carrier, provider or intermediary, require the carrier, provider or intermediary: (a) to give to that Secretary, within the period and in the manner and form specified in the notice, any such information; or (b) to produce to that Secretary, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, any such documents; or (c) to make copies of any such documents and to produce to that Secretary, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, those copies. (3) The carrier, provider or intermediary must comply with a requirement under subsection (2). Matters to which regard must be had before giving notice (4) Before giving a carrier, carriage service provider or carriage service intermediary a notice under subsection (2), the Attorney-General’s Secretary must have regard to the costs, in complying with any requirement in the notice, that would be likely to be incurred by the carrier, provider or intermediary. (5) Subsection (4) does not limit the matters to which regard may be had. Content of notice (6) A notice given to a carrier under this section must set out the effect of the following provisions: (a) subsection (3); No. 111, 2017 Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 Authorised Version C2017A00111 19