{"id":"C2004A04398","name":"Telecommunications (Interception—Carriers) Act 1992","slug":"telecommunications-interception-carriers-act-1992","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"107 of 1992","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":7774,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A04398-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Telecommunications (Interception—Carriers) Act 1992","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nTelecommunications (Interception—Carriers) Act 1992\n\nNo. 107 of 1992\n\nAn Act to delay the commencement of certain changes to the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979\n\n\\[Assented to 9 July 1992\\]\n\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications (Interception—Carriers) Act 1992.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nDefinitions of \"carrier\" and \"Corporation\" in subsection 5(1) of the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979\n\n3.(1) Despite section 25 of the Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1991, the definitions of \"carrier\" and \"Corporation\" in subsection 5(1) of the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979, as in force on 30 June 1991, are taken to have continued in operation until immediately before the licensing time.\n\n  \n\n(2) Despite subsection 2(2) of the Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1991, the definition of \"carrier\" inserted in subsection 5(1) of the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 by section 25 of, and Schedule 1 to, the first-mentioned Act is taken to have commenced at the licensing time instead of on 1 July 1991.\n\n(3) In this section:\n\n\"licensing time\" means the latest time when a general telecommunications licence granted under section 57 of the Telecommunications Act 1991 on 22 November 1991 came into force.\n\n\\[Minister's second reading speech made in—\n\nSenate on 24 June 1992\n\nHouse of Representatives on 25 June 1992\\]","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1524},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains a narrow technical adjustment as originally intended. It does not expand beyond its original purpose of aligning the commencement of definitions with actual licensing dates."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections","Single defined term ('licensing time') in section 3(3)","Straightforward retrospective operation","Limited cross-references used only for timing coordination"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act is a narrow, retrospective technical fix to Australia’s surveillance laws: it shifts when the updated legal definitions of “carrier” and “Corporation” in the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 take effect from 1 July 1991 to the actual licensing date (22 November 1991). That prevents a legal gap during the transition to the licensed telecom regime, affecting providers, law enforcement and anyone subject to lawful interception."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-carriers-act-1992","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-carriers-act-1992/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-carriers-act-1992/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-carriers-act-1992/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-carriers-act-1992/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-carriers-act-1992/documents"}}