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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) REGULATIONS 2017 (F2017L01701) - 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made to issue, or refuse to issue, a journalist information warrant, or a request or application for such a warrant is withdrawn, a Public Interest Advocate must: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 Minister 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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