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This instrument is the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) (Emergency Service Facilities – South Australia) Instrument 2023.
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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.
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This instrument is the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) (Emergency Service Facilities – South Australia) Instrument 2023.
This instrument is made under subsection 6(2D) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979.
For 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.
| Item | Name of force or service operating premises | Geographical region of premises |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Australia Police and South Australia Ambulance Service | Adelaide |
| 2 | South Australia Metropolitan Fire Service and South Australia Ambulance Service | Adelaide |
| 3 | South Australia Ambulance Service, South Australia Police and South Australia Metropolitan Fire Service | Eastwood |
| 4 | Airservices Australia – Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting Service | Adelaide |
| 5 | Royal Flying Doctor Service | Adelaide |
| 6 | Royal Flying Doctor Service | Port Augusta |
| 7 | Telstra 000 Centre | Adelaide |
| 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 |
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This instrument is the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) (Emergency Service Facilities – South Australia) Instrument 2023.
This instrument is made under subsection 6(2D) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979.
For 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.
| Item | Name of force or service operating premises | Geographical region of premises |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Australia Police and South Australia Ambulance Service | Adelaide |
| 2 | South Australia Metropolitan Fire Service and South Australia Ambulance Service | Adelaide |
| 3 | South Australia Ambulance Service, South Australia Police and South Australia Metropolitan Fire Service | Eastwood |
| 4 | Airservices Australia – Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting Service | Adelaide |
| 5 | Royal Flying Doctor Service | Adelaide |
| 6 | Royal Flying Doctor Service | Port Augusta |
| 7 | Telstra 000 Centre | Adelaide |
| 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 |