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This instrument is the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) (Emergency Service Facilities – Northern Territory) Instrument 2023.
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This instrument designates particular Northern Territory emergency service premises as ‘emergency service facilities’ for the purposes of subsection 6(2D) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979. It lists the Police Force of the Northern Territory, Northern Territory Ambulance Services and Airservices Australia Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Service and the geographical regions of their premises. Mechanically, that listing brings those premises into the Act’s interception/access framework, affecting the listed agencies’ exposure to the Act’s operational and compliance requirements.
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This instrument is the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) (Emergency Service Facilities – Northern Territory) 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 | Police Force of the Northern Territory | Tennant Creek |
| 1A | Police Force of the Northern Territory | Alice Springs |
| 2 | Northern Territory Ambulance Services | Alice Springs |
| 2A | Police Force of the Northern Territory and Northern Territory Ambulance Services | Knuckey Lagoon |
| 2B | Police Force of the Northern Territory and Northern Territory Ambulance Services | Nightcliff |
| 4 | Airservices Australia Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Service | Marrara |
| 5 | Airservices Australia Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Service | Alice Springs |
| 6 | Airservices Australia Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Service | Yulara |
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This instrument is the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) (Emergency Service Facilities – Northern Territory) 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 | Police Force of the Northern Territory | Tennant Creek |
| 1A | Police Force of the Northern Territory | Alice Springs |
| 2 | Northern Territory Ambulance Services | Alice Springs |
| 2A | Police Force of the Northern Territory and Northern Territory Ambulance Services | Knuckey Lagoon |
| 2B | Police Force of the Northern Territory and Northern Territory Ambulance Services | Nightcliff |
| 4 | Airservices Australia Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Service | Marrara |
| 5 | Airservices Australia Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Service | Alice Springs |
| 6 | Airservices Australia Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Service | Yulara |