Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742:section:313:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 313 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 526429–529403

of communications carried on, and of information contained on, telecommunications networks or facilities; and
 (b) the availability and integrity of telecommunications networks and facilities.
Note: Security, among other things, covers the protection of, and of the people of, the Commonwealth and the States and Territories from espionage, sabotage, attacks on Australia's defence system and acts of foreign interference.
 (3) A carrier or carriage service provider must, in connection with:
 (a) the operation by the carrier or provider of telecommunications networks or facilities; or
 (b) the supply by the carrier or provider of carriage services;
give officers and authorities of the Commonwealth and of the States and Territories such help as is reasonably necessary for the following purposes:
 (c) enforcing the criminal law and laws imposing pecuniary penalties;
 (ca) assisting the enforcement of the criminal laws in force in a foreign country;
 (cb) assisting the investigation and prosecution of:
 (i) crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC (within the meaning of the International Criminal Court Act 2002); and
 (ii) Tribunal offences (within the meaning of the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995);
 (d) protecting the public revenue;
 (e) safeguarding national security.
Note: Section 314 deals with the terms and conditions on which such help is to be provided.
 (4) A carriage service intermediary who arranges for the supply by a carriage service provider of carriage services must, in connection with:
 (a) the operation by the provider of telecommunications networks or facilities; or
 (b) the supply by the provider of carriage services;
give officers and authorities of the Commonwealth and of the States and Territories such help as is reasonably necessary for the following purposes:
 (c) enforcing the criminal law and laws imposing pecuniary penalties;
 (ca) assisting the enforcement of the criminal laws in force in a foreign country;
 (cb) assisting the investigation and prosecution of:
 (i) crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC (within the meaning of the International Criminal Court Act 2002); and
 (ii) Tribunal offences (within the meaning of the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995);
 (d) protecting the public revenue;
 (e) safeguarding national security.
Note: Section 314 deals with the terms and conditions on which such help is to be provided.
 (4A) A carrier or carriage service provider must, in connection with:
 (a) the operation by the carrier or provider of telecommunications networks or facilities; or
 (b) the supply by the carrier or provider of carriage services;
give officers and authorities of the Commonwealth and of the States and Territories such help as is reasonably necessary for the following purposes:
 (c) if a national emergency declaration (within the meaning of the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020) is in force—preparing for, responding to or recovering from an emergency to