Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Act 2022 (33 of 2022)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018

11   Section 5 (definition ofcritical telecommunications asset)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

critical telecommunications asset means:

(a) a telecommunications network that is:

(i) owned or operated by a carrier or a carriage service provider; and

(ii) used to supply a carriage service; or

(b) a facility (within the meaning of theTelecommunications Act 1997) that is:

(i) owned or operated by a carrier or a carriage service provider; and

(ii) used to supply a carriage service.

Note: The rules may prescribe that a specified critical telecommunications asset is not a critical infrastructure asset (see section 9).