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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 17

Public Interest Advocate to return proposed journalist information warrant requests and applications

  (1)   After a decision has been made to issue, or refuse to issue, a journalist information warrant, or a request or application for such a warrant is withdrawn, a Public Interest Advocate must:

  (a)   in the case of a request by the Director - General of Security--return the following to the Director - General of Security:

  (i)   the proposed request to which the warrant relates;

  (ii)   any submission prepared by a Public Interest Advocate;

  (iii)   any other document, or a copy of or extract from a document, relating to the proposed request; and

  (b)   in the case of an application by an enforcement agency--return the following to the enforcement agency:

  (i)   the proposed application to which the warrant relates;

  (ii)   any submission prepared by a Public Interest Advocate;

  (iii)   any other document, or a copy of or extract from a document, relating to the proposed application.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   further information is given to:

  (i)   the Attorney - General in relation to a request by the Director - General of Security; or

  (ii)   the relevant Part   4 - 1 issuing authority in relation to an application by an enforcement agency; and

  (b)   a Public Interest Advocate is also given the further information or a summary of it;

the Public Interest Advocate must return the document containing the information or summary to the relevant person mentioned in subsection   (1).



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