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Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
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#### 107M Persons who act on the issuing agency’s behalf
Historic domestic preservation notices
(1) An historic domestic preservation notice may only be given or revoked on behalf of an issuing agency by:
(a) if the issuing agency is a criminal law‑enforcement agency—a person who may, under section 110, apply on the agency’s behalf for a stored communications warrant to access the stored communications covered by the notice; and
(b) if the issuing agency is the Organisation—a certifying person.
Ongoing domestic preservation notices
(2) An ongoing domestic preservation notice may only be given on behalf of an issuing agency by:
(a) if the issuing agency is a criminal law‑enforcement agency that is an interception agency—an authorised officer of the agency; and
(b) if the issuing agency is the Organisation—the Director‑General of Security.
(3) An ongoing domestic preservation notice may only be revoked on behalf of an issuing agency by:
(a) if the issuing agency is a criminal law‑enforcement agency that is an interception agency—an authorised officer of the agency; and
(b) if the issuing agency is the Organisation—a certifying person.