Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00749:section:15:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00749
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 15 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 224978–227753

15  How warrants etc. to be dealt with
 (1) Where the Attorney‑General issues or revokes a Part 2‑2 warrant, he or she shall cause:
 (a) the Director‑General of Security to be informed forthwith of the issue of the warrant or of the revocation, as the case may be; and
 (b) the warrant or the instrument of revocation, as the case may be, to be forwarded, as soon as practicable, to the Director General of Security.
 (1A) Where:
 (a) the Director‑General of Security is informed under paragraph (1)(a) of the issue of a warrant (other than a warrant under section 11C); and
 (b) it is proposed, under the warrant, to intercept communications made to or from a telecommunications service while they are passing over a telecommunications system operated by a carrier; and
 (ba) the execution of the warrant will involve the taking of action by the carrier or its employees;
the Director‑General of Security shall cause:
 (c) an authorised representative of that carrier to be informed forthwith of the issue of the warrant; and
 (d) where, under paragraph (1)(b), the Director‑General of Security receives the warrant—a copy of the warrant, certified in writing by a certifying person to be a true copy of the warrant, to be given as soon as practicable to that authorised representative.
Note: Subsection 15(7) deals with cases where the Director‑General of Security is informed of the issue of a warrant under section 11C.
 (1B) Where:
 (a) an authorised representative of a carrier has been informed, under subsection (1A), of the issue of a warrant; and
 (b) the Director‑General of Security is informed under paragraph (1)(a) that the warrant has been revoked;
the Director‑General of Security shall cause:
 (c) that authorised representative to be informed forthwith of the revocation; and
 (d) where, under paragraph (1)(b), the Director‑General of Security receives the instrument of revocation—a copy of the instrument, certified in writing by a certifying person to be a true copy of the instrument, to be forwarded as soon as practicable to that authorised representative.
 (3) The Attorney‑General shall record on each request in writing for the issue of a warrant received by him or her from the Director‑General of Security his or her decision with respect to the request and shall cause the request to be returned to the Director‑General of Security.
 (4) Where:
 (a) the Director‑General of Security issues a warrant under section 10; and
 (b) it is proposed, under the warrant, to intercept communications made to or from a telecommunications service while they are passing over a telecommunications system operated by a carrier; and
 (ba) the execution of the warrant will involve the taking of action by the carrier or its employees;
the Director‑General of