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.