Interception Capability Plan Determination 2018 (No.1)

Interception Capability Plan Determination 2018 (No.1) Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 I, CHRISTIAN P ORTER MP , Attorney ‑ General, make this Determination under subsection 195( 4 ) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 . Dated 14 February 2018 CHRISTIAN PORTER MP Attorney ‑ General 1 Name of Determination This Instrument is the Interception Capability Plan Determination 2018 (No.1) . 2 Commencement This Determination commences on 1 April 2018 . 3 Definitions In this Determination: Act means the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 . Communications Access Co -ordinator has the same meaning as in the Act. IC Plan has same the meaning as in the Act. national security clearance means a clearance that enables a person to have access to national security information or to an area that has been designated as secure. Nominated carriage service provider means a carriage service provider that the Attorney-General has declared, by determination in writing under subsection 197(4) of the Act, to be a nominated carriage service provider. 4 Matters to be included in an IC Plan For the purposes of paragraph 195(2)(f) of the Act, the following matter applies to the IC Plan of a carrier or nominated carriage service provider if the Communications Access Co -ordinator has notified the matter in writing to the carrier or provider: (a) a description of the arrangements that the carrier or provider will put in place to maintain within Australia, and under the control of persons holding appropriate national security clearances, the means: (i) to support its legal obligation to provide interception capabilities in relation to carriage services (including the provision of a physical interception point); (ii) to protect information relating to interception; and (iii) to provide other reasonably necessary assistance relating to interception to national security and law enforcement agencies.