REGULATION OF INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PROVISI...
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(i)
manner in which effect is to be given to subsection (1) by the
telecommunication service provider or category of
telecommunication service providers concerned;
(ii)
security, technical and functional requirements of the facilities
and devices to be acquired by the telecommunication service
provider or category of telecommunication service providers to
enable the(aa)
(iii)
(b)
interception of indirect communications in terms of this
Act; and
(bb)
storing of communication-related information in terms of
subsection (1) (b) ; and
type of communication-related information which must be
stored in terms of subsection (1) (b) and the period for which
such information must be stored, which period may, subject to
subsection (8), not be less than three years and not more than
five years from the date of the transmission of the indirect
communication to which that communication-related
information relates; and
determine a period, which may not be less than three months and not
more than six months from the date on which a directive referred to
in paragraph (a) is issued, for compliance with such a directive, and
the period so determined must be mentioned in the directive
concerned.
[Sub-s. (2) amended by s. 97 of Act 36 of 2005.]
(3) A directive referred to in subsection (2) (a) (a)
must, where applicable, prescribe the-
(b)
(i)
capacity needed for interception purposes;
(ii)
technical requirements of the systems to be used;
(iii)
connectivity with interception centres;
(iv)
manner of routing duplicate signals of indirect communications
to designated interception centres in terms of section 28 (1) (b)
(i); and
(v)
manner of routing real-time or archived communication-related
information to designated interception centres in terms of
section 28 (2) (a) ; and
may prescribe any other matter which the Cabinet member
responsible for communications, in consultation with the Minister and
the other relevant Ministers and after consultation with the Authority,
deems necessary or expedient.
(4) Notwithstanding any other law, agreement or licence, a telecommunication service
provider must, subject to section 46 (1) (a) , at own cost acquire, whether by purchasing
or leasing, the facilities and devices determined in a directive referred to in subsection (2)
(a) .
(5) Any costs incurred by a telecommunication service provider under this Act in(a)
enabling(i)
a telecommunication service to be intercepted; and
(ii)
communication-related information to be stored,
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