101Defence line links

101 Defence line links

(1) Despite section 90, a defence organisation may install or maintain a reserved line link for the purpose of using it to carry communications necessary or desirable for defence purposes. (2) In this section:

defence organisation means:

(a) the Department of Defence or any part of it; or

(b) the Defence Force or any part of it; or

(c) an organisation or body of a foreign country, so far as the organisation or body:

(i) has functions corresponding to functions of, or of a part of, the Department of Defence or the Defence Force; and

(ii) is authorised by the Commonwealth to operate or train in Australia or an external Territory; or

(d) a part of such an organisation or body.

defence purposes means any one or more of the following:

(a) the operation of command and control systems;

(b) the operation, direction or use of a defence organisation;

(c) the operation of intelligence systems;

(d) the collection or dissemination of information relevant to the security or defence of the Commonwealth, or of a foreign country that is allied or associated with the Commonwealth;

(e) the operation or control of weapons systems, including any thing that, by itself or together with any other thing or things, is intended for defensive or offensive use in combat;

(f) any other prescribed matter.

foreign country means a country outside Australia and the external Territories.