Which is (in part) why I can't see the need for any additional legislation - the agencies have ample rights under the existing regimes.
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 12:24 PM Paul Wilkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Provision 28(1) amending the Surveillance Devices Act would already authorise > data access for any senior officer of the law enforcement agencies. > > 50 After subsection 28(1) > Insert: > (1A) A law enforcement officer may apply to an appropriate authorising > officer for an emergency authorisation for access to data held in a computer > (the target computer) if, in the course of an investigation of a relevant > offence, the law enforcement officer reasonably suspects that: > (a) an imminent risk of serious violence to a person or substantial damage to > property exists; and > (b) access to data held in the target computer is immediately necessary for > the purpose of dealing with that risk; and > (c) the circumstances are so serious and the matter is of such urgency that > access to data held in the target computer is > warranted; and > (d) it is not practicable in the circumstances to apply for a computer access > warrant. > > I was pretty gob smacked. -- Narelle [email protected] _______________________________________________ AusNOG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
