Gazette.govt.nzPursuant to section 42 of the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act 2013 (“Act”) and having consulted in accordance with section 42(2) of the Act the Minister for Communications gives the following notice determining a useable format for the purposes of sections 10(5)(a) and 24(7)(a) of the Act.
Notice
1. Title—This notice is the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Useable Format Notice 2017.
2. Commencement—This notice commences on 17 August 2017.
3. Purpose—This notice determines a useable format for the purposes of sections 10(5)(a) and 24(7)(a) of the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act 2013.
4. Application—This notice applies to any person who is subject to section 9 (Network operators must ensure public telecommunications networks and telecommunications services have full interception capability) and section 24 (Duty to assist) of the Act.
5. Useable format—For the purposes of sections 10(5)(a) and 24(7)(a) of the Act, call associated data and the content of a telecommunication is in a useable format if it complies with each of the ETSI standards specified in the table in clause 8 of this notice to the extent those standards are applicable to the activities of the network operator or the service provider, as the case may be.
6. Other useable formats under section 10(5)(b) unaffected—Despite this notice a network operator and a surveillance agency may still agree an acceptable alternative format under section 10(5)(b) of the Act.
7. Other useable formats under section 24(7)(b) unaffected—Despite this notice a network operator or service provider and a surveillance agency may still agree an acceptable alternative format under section 24(7)(b) of the Act.
8. Table of ETSI Standards
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Column 1: Title of ETSI standard |
Column 2: ETSI standard reference |
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Handover interface for the lawful interception of telecommunications traffic |
ETSI TS 101 671 V3.12.1 (2013-10) |
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Handover Interface and Service-Specific Details (SSD) for IP delivery; Part 1: Handover specification for IP delivery |
ETSI TS 102 232-1 V3.5.1 (2013-10) |
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Handover Interface and Service-Specific Details (SSD) for IP delivery; Part 2: Service-specific details for messaging services |
ETSI TS 102 232-2 V3.6.1 (2013-10) |
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Handover Interface and Service-Specific Details (SSD) for IP delivery; Part 3: Service-specific details for internet access services |
ETSI TS 102 232-3 V3.3.1 (2013-10) |
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Handover Interface and Service-Specific Details (SSD) for IP delivery; Part 4: Service-specific details for Layer 2 services |
ETSI TS 102 232-4 V3.1.1 (2012-02) |
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Handover Interface and Service-Specific (SSD) Details for IP delivery; Part 5: Service-specific details for IP Multimedia Services |
ETSI TS 102 232-5 V3.2.1 (2012-06) |
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Handover Interface and Service-Specific Details (SSD) for IP delivery; Part 6: Service-specific details for PSTN/ISDN services |
ETSI TS 102 232-6 V3.2.1 (2013-07) |
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Handover Interface and Service-Specific Details (SSD) for IP delivery; Part 7: Service-specific details for Mobile Services |
ETSI TS 102 232-7 V3.2.1 (2013-07) |
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Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE;3G security; Handover interface for Lawful Interception (LI) (3GPP TS 33.108 version 11.4.0 Release 11) |
ETSI TS 133 108 V11.4.0 (2012-10) |
9. Interpretation—In this notice, unless the context requires otherwise:
Act means the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act 2013.
ETSI means the European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
ETSI standard means a Technical Specification published by ETSI.
Any term not defined in this notice has the meaning given to it under the Act unless the context requires otherwise.
Issued at Wellington this 8th day of August 2017.
Hon SIMON BRIDGES, Minister for Communications.
Explanatory note
This note is for explanatory purposes only.
This notice provides that a network operator or service provider who complies with the ETSI standards specified in this notice will comply with the obligations in sections 10(1)(c) and 24(3)(b)(iii) of the Act as they may apply to that network operator or service provider.