15How warrants etc. to be dealt with

#### 15 How warrants etc. to be dealt with (1) Where the Attorney‑General issues or revokes a Part 2‑2 warrant, he or she shall cause: (a) the Director‑General of Security to be informed forthwith of the issue of the warrant or of the revocation, as the case may be; and (b) the warrant or the instrument of revocation, as the case may be, to be forwarded, as soon as practicable, to the Director General of Security. (1A) Where: (a) the Director‑General of Security is informed under paragraph (1)(a) of the issue of a warrant (other than a warrant under section 11C); and (b) it is proposed, under the warrant, to intercept communications made to or from a telecommunications service while they are passing over a telecommunications system operated by a carrier; and (ba) the execution of the warrant will involve the taking of action by the carrier or its employees; the Director‑General of Security shall cause: (c) an authorised representative of that carrier to be informed forthwith of the issue of the warrant; and (d) where, under paragraph (1)(b), the Director‑General of Security receives the warrant—a copy of the warrant, certified in writing by a certifying person to be a true copy of the warrant, to be given as soon as practicable to that authorised representative. > Note: Subsection 15(7) deals with cases where the Director‑General of Security is informed of the issue of a warrant under section 11C. (1B) Where: (a) an authorised representative of a carrier has been informed, under subsection (1A), of the issue of a warrant; and (b) the Director‑General of Security is informed under paragraph (1)(a) that the warrant has been revoked; the Director‑General of Security shall cause: (c) that authorised representative to be informed forthwith of the revocation; and (d) where, under paragraph (1)(b), the Director‑General of Security receives the instrument of revocation—a copy of the instrument, certified in writing by a certifying person to be a true copy of the instrument, to be forwarded as soon as practicable to that authorised representative. (3) The Attorney‑General shall record on each request in writing for the issue of a warrant received by him or her from the Director‑General of Security his or her decision with respect to the request and shall cause the request to be returned to the Director‑General of Security. (4) Where: (a) the Director‑General of Security issues a warrant under section 10; and (b) it is proposed, under the warrant, to intercept communications made to or from a telecommunications service while they are passing over a telecommunications system operated by a carrier; and (ba) the execution of the warrant will involve the taking of action by the carrier or its employees; the Director‑General of Security shall cause: (c) an authorised representative of that carrier to be informed forthwith of the issuing of the warrant; and (d) a copy of the warrant, certified in writing by the Director‑General, or a Deputy Director‑General of Security, to be a true copy of the warrant, to be given as soon as practicable to that authorised representative. (6) The Director‑General of Security shall cause to be kept in the Organisation’s records: (a) each warrant issued under section 10; (c) each warrant, and each instrument of revocation, received under this section by the Director‑General from the Attorney‑General; and (e) each request, and each document, returned to the Director‑General by the Attorney‑General. (7) Where: (a) the Director‑General of Security is informed under paragraph (1)(a) of the issue of a warrant under section 11C; and (b) it is proposed, under the warrant, to intercept communications made while they are passing over a telecommunications system operated by a carrier; and (ba) the carrier is required to be given a notice under subsection 11C(4A) in relation to the warrant; the Director‑General of Security must cause: (c) an authorised representative of that carrier to be informed forthwith of the issue of the warrant; and (d) that authorised representative to be given the notice under subsection 11C(4A) as soon as reasonably practicable.