{"id":"F2014L00040","name":"Notice of a declaration of a Commonwealth Royal Commission as an eligible Commonwealth authority under section 5AA of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979","slug":"f2014l00040","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":328326,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2014L00040-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notice of a declaration of a Commonwealth Royal Commission as an eligible Commonwealth authority under section 5AA of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\n \n\nNotice of a declaration of a Commonwealth Royal Commission as an eligible Commonwealth authority under section 5AA of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979\n\n \n\n \n\nI, George Brandis QC, Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting under section 5AA of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, declare the Commonwealth   Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to be an eligible Commonwealth authority for the purposes of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979.\n\n \n\n \n\nDated 17 December 2013\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n………………………………………\n\nGEORGE BRANDIS QC  Attorney-General\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2115},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the limited function described in its title—declaring a specific Royal Commission as eligible for TIA Act powers—with no expansion beyond this purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative sentence declaring one specific body","No definitions, schedules, or internal cross-references","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Refers to only one external statutory provision (section 5AA)"],"plain_english_summary":"This document gives the **Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse** special surveillance powers.\n\nSpecifically, it declares the Royal Commission to be an **eligible Commonwealth authority** under the *Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979*. This legal status allows the Royal Commission to apply for warrants to:\n\n*   **Intercept** live communications (such as phone calls and text messages)\n*   **Access** stored communications (such as emails and voicemail)\n\nThese powers are normally restricted to police and intelligence agencies (like the AFP and ASIO). By making this declaration, the Attorney-General authorised the Royal Commission to use these surveillance tools to collect evidence for its investigation into child sexual abuse in institutions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2014l00040","history":"/api/acts/f2014l00040/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2014l00040/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2014l00040/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2014l00040/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2014l00040/documents"}}