Part 6Records

Part 6 Records

6.1 Carriage service provider to keep records of prepaid mobile carriage services supplied

(1) A carriage service provider must keep records in relation to each prepaid mobile carriage service supplied by the carriage service provider sufficient to enable the carriage service provider’s compliance with this Determination to be readily ascertained.

(2) The carriage service provider must keep the records for as long as the service is activated.

6.2 Records for certain transactions

(1) This section applies in relation to a prepaid mobile carriage service if the carriage service provider complied with section 4.4 in relation to a purchaser and the prepaid mobile carriage service was purchased using a credit card or debit card.

(2) The carriage service provider must keep records for the prepaid mobile carriage service that link the carriage service number of the service to the credit card or debit card referred to in subsection (1) in relation to the service.

Note For example, a transaction code generated in relation to the purchase of a prepaid mobile carriage service using a credit card or debit card could be linked to the carriage service number of the service for the purpose of keeping a record required by subsection 6.2(2).

6.3 Record of compliance arrangements

A carriage service provider who supplies a prepaid mobile carriage service must keep a written description of the arrangements that it has in place to comply with this Determination.

6.4 Restrictions on the recording and keeping of certain information

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a carriage service provider must not, in connection with a requirement imposed by this Determination, record and keep:

1. the identifying number of a government document; or
2. a category A document or category B document.

(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit the recording and keeping of information or a document if that recording and keeping is required or authorised by or under a law.

Note Under Part 5-1A of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 carriage service providers have an obligation to keep certain information for a specified period of time and to ensure the confidentiality of that information by requiring that the information be encrypted and protected from unauthorised interference or unauthorised access.

(3) Subsection (1) does not prohibit the recording and keeping of the identifying number of a government document where:

1. the carriage service provider records the identifying number of a government document for a permitted purpose; and