Amendments Schedule 1 Main amendments Part 1 6 At the end of section 311 Add: • The Attorney-General may give directions to a carrier or a carriage service provider in certain circumstances where certain activities may be prejudicial to security. • The Attorney-General’s Secretary may obtain information from carriers, carriage service providers and carriage service intermediaries if the information is relevant to assessing compliance with the duty of those persons to protect telecommunications networks and facilities from unauthorised interference or unauthorised access. 7 Before section 312 Insert: Division 2—Obligations of ACMA and carriers and carriage service providers 8 After subsection 313(1) Insert: (1A) For the purposes of security (within the meaning of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979), a carrier or carriage service provider must, in connection with: (a) the operation by the carrier or provider of telecommunications networks or facilities; or (b) the supply by the carrier or provider of carriage services; do the carrier’s best or the provider’s best to protect telecommunications networks and facilities owned, operated or used by the carrier or provider from unauthorised interference or unauthorised access to ensure: (c) the confidentiality of communications carried on, and of information contained on, telecommunications networks or facilities; and (d) the availability and integrity of telecommunications networks and facilities. No. 111, 2017 Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 Authorised Version C2017A00111 5