Schedule 2 Amendments relating to Mutual Assistance
Part 2 Telecommunications data
Part 2—Telecommunications data
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987
25 Subsection 3(1)
Insert:
communication has the same meaning as in the
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979.
26 Subsection 3(1)
Insert:
telecommunications system has the same meaning as in the
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979.
27 Before Part IV
Insert:
Part IIIB—Assistance in relation to
telecommunications data
15D Requests by foreign countries for telecommunications data
(1) This section applies if:
(a) a foreign country requests the disclosure of specified
information or specified documents that come into existence
during a specified period; and
(b) the information or documents relate to the fact of a
communication passing over a telecommunications system.
(2) To avoid doubt, information or documents do not relate to the fact
of a communication passing over a telecommunications system:
(a) if the information is the contents or substance of a
communication; or
(b) to the extent that the documents contain the contents or
substance of a communication.
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Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Act 2012
No. 120, 2012
ComLaw Authoritative Act C2012A00120