{"id":"F2023L01358","name":"Telecommunications (Interception and Access) (Emergency Service Facilities – South Australia) Instrument 2023","slug":"f2023l01358","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":319323,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2023L01358-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\nThis instrument is the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) (Emergency Service Facilities – South Australia) Instrument 2023.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\nThis instrument is made under subsection 6(2D) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Emergency service facilities","content":"#### 5 Emergency service facilities\n\nFor subsection 6(2D) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, each force or service operating the premises that have been declared to be an emergency service facility and the geographical region in which those premises are located is specified in the following table.\n\n| Item | Name of force or service operating premises                                                                                                                                          | Geographical region of premises |\n| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------- |\n| 1    | South Australia Police and South Australia Ambulance Service                                                                                                                         | Adelaide                        |\n| 2    | South Australia Metropolitan Fire Service and South Australia Ambulance Service                                                                                                      | Adelaide                        |\n| 3    | South Australia Ambulance Service, South Australia Police and South Australia Metropolitan Fire Service                                                                              | Eastwood                        |\n| 4    | Airservices Australia – Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting Service                                                                                                                    | Adelaide                        |\n| 5    | Royal Flying Doctor Service                                                                                                                                                          | Adelaide                        |\n| 6    | Royal Flying Doctor Service                                                                                                                                                          | Port Augusta                    |\n| 7    | Telstra 000 Centre                                                                                                                                                                   | Adelaide                        |\n| 8    | South Australia Country Fire Service, South Australia Metropolitan Fire Service, South Australia State Emergency Service and South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission | Keswick                         |","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument exercises the statutory power in subsection 6(2D) to specify which premises and regions are emergency service facilities. It does not on its face expand or narrow the substantive scope of the Act; it merely identifies the named operators and locations to which that subsection will apply."},"complexity_factors":["Simple legal form: a schedule/table that lists named organisations and geographic regions","Relies on a cross‑reference to subsection 6(2D) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 for legal effect","No technical definitions or multi‑stage procedures in the instrument itself","Potential implementation complexity resides in the referenced Act rather than in this instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument names specific premises and their locations that are declared “emergency service facilities” for the purposes of subsection 6(2D) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979. It lists South Australian police, ambulance and fire services, Airservices Australia’s rescue and fire service, the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the Telstra 000 Centre and related emergency organisations in Adelaide, Eastwood, Port Augusta and Keswick. The designation decides which operators and sites are treated as emergency service facilities under that subsection, affecting how the Act applies to them."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function it was designed for: specifying emergency service facilities under subsection 6(2D) of the parent Act. It has not expanded beyond this original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 3 operative sections (Name, Authority, Emergency service facilities)","No defined terms section - relies entirely on definitions in the parent Act","Single purpose: purely declaratory, listing specific premises in a table format","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the enabling provision (subsection 6(2D))","Simple tabular structure with only 3 columns and 8 rows of data"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument designates eight specific emergency service facilities in South Australia as approved recipients of lawfully intercepted telecommunications under the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979. It tells carriers where intercepted calls and messages may be delivered, affecting emergency services, telcos, and anyone whose communications are intercepted. By limiting delivery to secure, named facilities, it supports emergency response while tightly controlling access to sensitive intercepted data to protect privacy."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2023l01358","history":"/api/acts/f2023l01358/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2023l01358/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2023l01358/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2023l01358/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2023l01358/documents"}}