{"id":"F2005L04122","name":"Telecommunications (Interception) (Emergency Service Facility - Australian Capital Territory) Instrument 2005","slug":"telecommunications-interception-emergency-service-facility-australian-capital-territory-instrument-2","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40094,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L04122-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Telecommunications (Interception) (Emergency Service Facility - Australian Capital Territory) Instrument 2005","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nTelecommunications (Interception) (Emergency Service Facility — Australian Capital Territory) Instrument 2005\n\nTelecommunications (Interception) Act 1979\n\nI, PHILIP MAXWELL RUDDOCK, Attorney-General, make this Instrument under subsection 6 (2D) of the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979.\n\nDated 14 December 2005\n\nPHILIP RUDDOCK\n\nAttorney-General\n\n1 Name of Instrument\n\nThis Instrument is the Telecommunications (Interception) (Emergency Service Facility — Australian Capital Territory) Instrument 2005.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Instrument commences on the commencement of items 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Telecommunications Interception and Other Measures) Act 2005.\n\n3 Definitions\n\nIn this Instrument:\n\n> Act means the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979.\n\n> ACT means the Australian Capital Territory.\n\n> emergency service facility has the meaning given by subsection 6 (2A) of the Act.\n\n> ESF Declaration means the Telecommunications (Interception) (Emergency Service Facility) Declaration 2005.\n\n4 Emergency service facility\n\n(1) For subsection 6 (2D) of the Act and in relation to Division 7.1 of Schedule 1 to the ESF Declaration, the Australian Federal Police — ACT Community Policing operates the premises located in the geographical regions of Belconnen and Greenway.\n\n(2) For subsection 6 (2D) of the Act and in relation to Division 7.2 of Schedule 1 to the ESF Declaration, the ACT Fire Brigade and the ACT Ambulance Service operate the premises located in the geographical region of Curtin.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2760},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains a narrow, specific scope limited to designating particular geographical premises in the ACT as emergency service facilities. It does not expand beyond this premises-specific designation function into broader regulatory or operational matters."},"complexity_factors":["Requires cross-referencing to the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 and the ESF Declaration 2005 to understand full legal effect","Only four defined terms and four operative sections","Application split between two Divisions (7.1 and 7.2) of an external Schedule"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument formally designates specific Australian Capital Territory buildings as \"emergency service facilities\" under the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979, authorising lawful telecommunications interception at those locations. It covers AFP — ACT Community Policing facilities at Belconnen and Greenway, and ACT Fire Brigade and Ambulance Service facilities at Curtin.\n\nThe designation ensures interception at these premises falls within the Act’s warrant-and-oversight framework and operates alongside a broader Declaration setting out the facilities’ operational rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-emergency-service-facility-australian-capital-territory-instrument-2","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-emergency-service-facility-australian-capital-territory-instrument-2/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-emergency-service-facility-australian-capital-territory-instrument-2/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-emergency-service-facility-australian-capital-territory-instrument-2/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-emergency-service-facility-australian-capital-territory-instrument-2/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-emergency-service-facility-australian-capital-territory-instrument-2/documents"}}