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Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
107PCondition for giving a foreign preservation notice
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#### 107P Condition for giving a foreign preservation notice
(1) An entity mentioned in the following table may request the Australian Federal Police to arrange for the preservation of stored communications that:
(a) relate to a specified person or specified telecommunications service; and
(b) are held by a carrier; and
(c) are relevant to an investigation, investigative proceeding, or proceeding relating to a serious foreign contravention;
if the entity intends to make a request (an access request) under a provision mentioned in the table to the Attorney‑General to arrange for access to those stored communications.
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:343.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Requesting access to stored communications</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:130.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>This entity:</span></p></td><td style="width:166.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>May make an access request under:</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:130.45pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a foreign country</span></p></td><td style="width:166.55pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>paragraph</span><span> </span><span>15B(d) of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:130.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the International Criminal Court</span></p></td><td style="width:166.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>paragraph</span><span> </span><span>78A(b) of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">International Criminal Court Act 2002</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:130.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a War Crimes Tribunal</span></p></td><td style="width:166.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>paragraph</span><span> </span><span>34A(b) of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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(2) The request by the entity to the Australian Federal Police must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) name the entity or the entity’s authority concerned with the serious foreign contravention; and
(c) specify the serious foreign contravention that is the subject of the investigation, investigative proceeding or proceeding; and
(d) specify information identifying the stored communications to be preserved and the relationship between those communications and the serious foreign contravention; and
(e) specify any information the entity has that identifies the carrier that holds the stored communications; and
(f) if the stored communications relate to a specified person—specify any information the entity has that identifies the telecommunications service to which the stored communications relate; and
(g) specify the reasons why the stored communications need to be preserved; and
(h) specify that the entity intends to make an access request for the stored communications.