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. 28 Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Act 2012 No. 120, 2012 ComLaw Authoritative Act C2012A00120

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