35AASimplified outline of this Part

#### 35AA Simplified outline of this Part • This Part sets up a regime for the Commonwealth to respond to a serious incident that has had, is having, or is likely to have, one or more relevant impacts on one or more critical infrastructure assets. • The Minister may, in order to respond to the incident, do any or all of the following things: (a) authorise the Secretary to give information‑gathering directions to relevant entities for the assets; (b) authorise the Secretary to give action directions to relevant entities for the assets; (c) if the incident is a cyber security incident—authorise the Secretary to give intervention requests to the authorised agency. • An information‑gathering direction requires the relevant entities to give information to the Secretary. • An action direction requires the relevant entities to do, or refrain from doing, a specified act or thing. • An intervention request is a request that the authorised agency do one or more specified acts or things in relation to the assets.