Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00124:clause:1_35aa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00124
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 35AA
Character Range: 90338–91482

35AA  Simplified outline of this Part

         • This Part sets up a regime for the Commonwealth to respond to serious cyber security incidents.
         • If a cyber security incident has had, is having, or is likely to have, a relevant impact on a critical infrastructure asset, the Minister may, in order to respond to the incident, do any or all of the following things:
             (a) authorise the Secretary to give information‑gathering directions to a relevant entity for the asset;
             (b) authorise the Secretary to give an action direction to a relevant entity for the asset;
             (c) authorise the Secretary to give an intervention request to the authorised agency.
         • An information‑gathering direction requires the relevant entity to give information to the Secretary.
         • An action direction requires the relevant entity to do, or refrain from doing, a specified act or thing.
         • An intervention request is a request that the authorised agency do one or more specified acts or things in relation to the asset.

Division 2—Ministerial authorisation relating to cyber security incident