{"id":"F2024L01387","name":"Telecommunications (Communications Security Coordinator) Specification 2024","slug":"telecommunications-communications-security-coordinator-specification-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442626,"registerId":"F2024L01387-fast-fetch-1775957592145","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Telecommunications (Communications Security Coordinator) Specification 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nTelecommunications (Communications Security Coordinator) Specification 2024\n\nI, Tony Burke, the Home Affairs Minister (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997), make this instrument.\n\nDated  30 October  2024\n\nTony Burke\n\nHome Affairs Minister\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Specification\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Telecommunications (Communications Security Coordinator) Specification 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the later of:\n\n (a) the day after this instrument is registered; and\n\n (b) the day Schedule 4 of the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Act 2024 commences.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 7A(2) of the Act.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 7 of the Act, including the following:\n\n(a) Communications Security Coordinator;\n\n(b) Home Affairs Department; and\n\n(c) Home Affairs Minister.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Telecommunications Act 1997.\n\nAPS employee has the meaning given by the Public Service Act 1999.\n\nCyber and Infrastructure Security Group means the Group of the same name in the Home Affairs Department.\n\nSES employee has the meaning given by the Public Service Act 1999.\n\n5  Specification\n\n (1) For the definition of Communications Security Coordinator in paragraph 7A(1)(b) of the Act, APS employees in the Home Affairs Department holding, occupying or performing the duties of a SES employee in the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Group are specified.\n\n  (2) For subsection 7A(4) of the Act, all of the functions and powers of a Communications Security Coordinator under a provision of the Act are specified to be functions and powers that a person mentioned in subsection (1) may perform or exercise.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard machinery provision that performs exactly the function intended — specifying who holds a statutory office. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of designating Communications Security Coordinators."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument — only 5 operative sections","Minimal defined terms (4 definitions, all referencing external legislation)","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Single straightforward specification in section 5 with two subsections","No cross-references beyond basic statutory interpretation references"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument appoints certain Senior Executive Service officials in the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Group of the Department of Home Affairs as Communications Security Coordinators, giving them the powers and functions under the Telecommunications Act 1997 to oversee security of Australia’s telecommunications networks. It ensures named senior officials have legal authority to direct telcos on security threats, and only commences once registered and when the linked omnibus Act schedule commences."},"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":true,"description":"This instrument narrows and fixes who fills the Communications Security Coordinator role by specifying APS employees in the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Group performing SES duties (section 5(1)). It also confirms those persons may exercise all related functions and powers under the Act (section 5(2)). Commencement is conditional on registration and Schedule 4 of the Omnibus Act (section 2), so timing of the change depends on that linkage."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, targeted effect: single specification identifying a class of officers (section 5(1)).","Cross‑references to multiple external definitions and statutes increase tracing effort: Telecommunications Act 1997 (s7A(1)(b) invoked via section 3) and Public Service Act 1999 definitions for APS employee and SES employee (section 4 note).","Clarification of legal authority and powers: confirms that all Communications Security Coordinator functions/powers may be exercised by the specified persons (section 5(2)).","Commencement tied to registration and commencement of another Act’s schedule creates conditional timing (section 2).","Potential interpretive ambiguity over phrase 'holding, occupying or performing the duties of a SES employee'—who exactly qualifies may require administrative or legal guidance (section 5(1))."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument names which Home Affairs staff count as the Telecommunications Act’s Communications Security Coordinator: APS employees in the Home Affairs Department who hold, occupy or perform Senior Executive Service (SES) duties in the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Group. It also specifies that those named may exercise all functions and powers of a Communications Security Coordinator under the Act. The instrument’s start date depends on its registration and the commencement of Schedule 4 of the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Act 2024."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-communications-security-coordinator-specification-2024","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-communications-security-coordinator-specification-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-communications-security-coordinator-specification-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-communications-security-coordinator-specification-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-communications-security-coordinator-specification-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-communications-security-coordinator-specification-2024/documents"}}