Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 187L

             (1)  If the Communications Access Co-ordinator receives a service provider's application under section 187E for approval of a data retention implementation plan, or application for a decision under subsection 187K(1), the Co-ordinator must:

                     (a)  treat the application as confidential; and

                     (b)  ensure that it is not disclosed to any other person or body (other than the ACMA, an enforcement agency or a security authority) without the written permission of the service provider.

          (1A)  If the ACMA receives a service provider's application under section 187KA for review of a decision under subsection 187K(1), the ACMA must:

                     (a)  treat the application as confidential; and

                     (b)  ensure that it is not disclosed to any other person or body (other than the Communications Access Co-ordinator, an enforcement agency or a security authority) without the written permission of the service provider.

             (2)  The ACMA, the Communications Access Co-ordinator, an enforcement agency or a security authority must, if it receives under subsection 187G(1), paragraph 187K(5)(a) or subsection 187KA(3) a copy of a service provider's application:

                     (a)  treat the copy as confidential; and

                     (b)  ensure that it is not disclosed to any other person or body without the written permission of the service provider.