Telecommunications Amendment Act 2010

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In serts n ew Part IVA Am en ds section 40

Am en ds section 53 Am en ds section 54
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Tran sition al provision Con sequ en tial am en dm en t Com m en cem en t

WHEREAS it is expedien t to am en d th e Telecom m u n ication s Act 1986 to requ ire
Carriers providin g pu blic telecom m u n ication s services to assist th e Police in carryin g ou t electron ic su rveillan ce an d in in terceptin g com m u n ication s for law en forcem en t pu rposes;

Be it en acted by Th e Qu een ’s Most Excellen t Majesty, by an d with th e advice an d con sen t of th e Sen ate an d th e Hou se of Assem bly of Berm u da, an d by th e au th ority of th e sam e, as follows:

Cit at ion

m ay be cited as th e Telecom m u n ication s Am en dm en t Act 2010.

In sert s n ew Part IVA

“PART IVA
COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

Defin it ion s

28C In th is Part—
“call-iden tifyin g in form ation ” m ean s dialin g or sign allin g in form ation th at iden tifies th e origin , date, tim e, size, du ration , direction , destin ation or

su bscriber by m ean s of an y telecom m u n ication apparatu s, facility or service of a Carrier;

“com m ercial m obile service” m ean s an y m obile telecom m u n ication service th at is provided for profit an d m akes in tercon n ected service available to th e pu blic or to su ch classes of eligible u sers as to be effectively available to a su bstan tial portion of th e pu blic;

“electron ic com m u n ication ” m ean s an y tran sfer of sign s, sign als, writin g, im ages, sou n ds, data or in telligen ce of an y n atu re tran sm itted in wh ole or in part by a wire, radio, electrom agn etic, ph oto-electron ic or ph otooptical system , bu t does n ot in clu de—

(a) an y oral com m u n ication ; or

in stitu tion in a com m u n ication s system u sed for th e electron ic storage an d tran sfer of fu n ds;

“facility” m ean s an y facility, telecom m u n ication apparatu s or oth er th in g th at is u sed for telecom m u n ication s or for an y operation directly con n ected with telecom m u n ication s;

“m obile service” m ean s a radio com m u n ication service carried on between m obile station s or receivers an d lan d station s an d by m obile station s com m u n icatin g am on g th em selves, an d in clu des—

(a) both on e-way an d two-way radio com m u n ication services; an d (b) a m obile service wh ich provides a regu larly in teractin g grou p of base, m obile, portable, an d associated con trol an d relay station s (wh eth er licen sed on an in dividu al, cooperative or m u ltiple basis) for private on e-way or two-way lan d m obile radio com m u n ication s by eligible u sers over design ated areas of operation ;

“pen register” m ean s a device or process wh ich records or decodes dialin g, rou tin g, addressin g or sign allin g in form ation (oth er th an th e con ten ts of a com m u n ication ) tran sm itted by an in stru m en t or facility from wh ich a wire or electron ic com m u n ication is tran sm itted, bu t does n ot in clu de—

(a) an y device or process u sed by a provider or cu stom er of a wire or electron ic com m u n ication service for billin g or recordin g as an in ciden t to billin g, for com m u n ication s services provided by su ch provider; or

(b) an y device or process u sed by a provider or cu stom er of a wire com m u n ication service for cost accou n tin g or oth er like pu rposes in th e ordin ary cou rse of its bu sin ess;

service u sed by a Carrier for th e in tern al sign allin g or switch in g fu n ction s of its telecom m u n ication s n etwork;

“trap an d trace device” m ean s a device or process wh ich captu res th e in com in g electron ic or oth er im pu lses wh ich iden tify th e origin atin g n u m ber or oth er dialin g, rou tin g, addressin g an d sign allin g in form ation (oth er th an th e con ten ts of a com m u n ication ) th at is reason ably likely to iden tify th e sou rce of a wire or electron ic com m u n ication .

Assist an ce capabilit y requ irem en t s

telecom m u n ication apparatu s, facilities an d services th at provide a cu stom er or su bscriber with th e ability to origin ate, term in ate or direct com m u n ication s are capable of—

(a) expeditiou sly isolatin g an d en ablin g th e Police, pu rsu an t to a warran t issu ed by th e Govern or u n der section 62, to in tercept, to th e exclu sion of an y oth er com m u n ication s, all wire an d electron ic

telecom m u n ication service area to or from telecom m u n ication apparatu s, facilities or services of a su bscriber of su ch Carrier—

(i) con cu rren tly with th eir tran sm ission to or from th e su bscriber’s telecom m u n ication apparatu s, facility or service; or

(ii) at su ch later tim e as m ay be acceptable to th e Police;
(b) expeditiou sly isolatin g an d en ablin g th e Police, pu rsu an t to a warran t issu ed by th e Govern or u n der section 62, to access calliden tifyin g in form ation th at is reason ably available to th e Carrier—

(i) before, du rin g or im m ediately after th e tran sm ission of a wire or electron ic com m u n ication (or at su ch later tim e as m ay be acceptable to th e Police); an d

com m u n ication to wh ich it pertain s;

(c) deliverin g in tercepted com m u n ication s an d call-iden tifyin g in form ation to th e Police, pu rsu an t to a warran t issu ed by th e Govern or u n der section 62, in a form at su ch th at th ey m ay be tran sm itted by m ean s of telecom m u n ication apparatu s, facilities, or services procu red by th e Police to a location oth er th an th e prem ises of th e Carrier; an d

(d) facilitatin g au th orized com m u n ication s in terception s an d access to call-iden tifyin g in form ation u n obtru sively an d with a m in im u m of in terferen ce with an y su bscriber’s telecom m u n ication s service an d in a m an n er th at protects—

(i) th e privacy an d secu rity of com m u n ication s an d calliden tifyin g in form ation n ot au th orized to be in tercepted; an d

(ii) in form ation regardin g th e in terception by th e Police of com m u n ication s an d Police access to call-iden tifyin g in form ation .

(2) Th is section does n ot au th orize th e Police—
(a) to requ ire an y specific design of telecom m u n ication apparatu s, facilities, services, featu res, or system con figu ration s to be adopted by an y Carrier or provider of telecom m u n ication su pport services; or

(b) to proh ibit th e adoption of an y telecom m u n ication apparatu s, facility, service or featu re by an y Carrier or provider of telecom m u n ication su pport services.

(3) Th e requ irem en ts of su bsection (1) do n ot apply to telecom m u n ication apparatu s, facilities an d services th at su pport th e tran sport or switch in g of com m u n ication s for private n etworks or for th e sole pu rpose of in tercon n ectin g Carriers.

(4) In em ergen cy circu m stan ces, a Carrier at its discretion m ay com ply with su bsection (1)(c) by allowin g m on itorin g at its prem ises if th at is th e on ly m ean s of accom plish in g th e in terception or access.

(5) A Carrier th at—
(a) provides a com m ercial m obile service offerin g a featu re or service wh ich allows su bscribers to redirect, h an d off or assign th eir wire or electron ic com m u n ication s to an oth er service area or an oth er Carrier or to u tilize facilities in an oth er service area or of an oth er Carrier; an d

(b) h ad been providin g assistan ce for th e in terception of wire or electron ic com m u n ication s or access to call-iden tifyin g in form ation pu rsu an t to a warran t issu ed by th e Govern or u n der section 62, bu t n o lon ger h as access to th e con ten t of su ch com m u n ication s or call-iden tifyin g in form ation with in th e service

area in wh ich in terception h as been occu rrin g as a resu lt of th e su bscriber’s u se of su ch a featu re or service,

sh all en su re th at in form ation is m ade available to th e Police (before, du rin g or im m ediately after th e tran sfer of su ch com m u n ication s) iden tifyin g th e provider of a wire or electron ic com m u n ication service th at h as acqu ired access to th e com m u n ication s.

Capacit y requ irem en t s

pu blic safety, pu blish in th e Gazette a n otice of —

(a) th e actu al n u m ber of com m u n ication in terception s, pen registers an d trap an d trace devices, represen tin g a portion of th e m axim u m capacity set forth u n der paragraph (b), th at th e Min ister respon sible for pu blic safety estim ates th e Police m ay con du ct an d u se sim u ltan eou sly by th e date th at is th ree years after th e date of pu blication of th e n otice; an d

(b) th e m axim u m capacity requ ired to accom m odate all of th e com m u n ication in terception s, pen registers an d trap an d trace devices th at th e Min ister respon sible for pu blic safety estim ates th e Police m ay con du ct an d u se sim u ltan eou sly after th e date th at is th ree years after th e date of pu blication of th e n otice.

(2) With in on e year after th e pu blication of a n otice u n der su bsection (1),

sim u ltan eou sly th e n u m ber of in terception s, pen registers an d trap an d trace devices set forth in th e n otice u n der su bsection (1)(a).

(3) With in th ree years after th e pu blication of a n otice u n der su bsection
(1), a Carrier sh all en su re th at it can accom m odate expeditiou sly an y in crease in th e actu al n u m ber of com m u n ication in terception s, pen registers an d trap an d trace devices th at th e Police m ay seek to con du ct an d u se, u p to th e m axim u m capacity requ irem en t set forth in th e n otice u n der su bsection (1)(b).

(4) Th e Min ister m ay from tim e to tim e, after con su ltin g with th e Min ister respon sible for pu blic safety, vary th e m axim u m capacity requ irem en t issu ed u n der su bsection (1)(b) an d th e Min ister sh all pu blish a n otice of an y su ch varian ce in th e Gazette.

(5) Section 6 of th e Statu tory In stru m en ts Act 1977 does n ot apply to a n otice issu ed u n der th is section .

Exem pt ion s from capacit y requ irem en t s

safety, m ay issu e a directive to a Carrier exem ptin g it from m eetin g its obligation s u n der section s 28E(2) an d (3) an d directin g th e Carrier to accom m odate su ch redu ced n u m ber of in terception s, pen registers an d trap an d trace devices as are specified in th e directive, with in th e tim e referred to in th ose section s.

(2) A directive issu ed to a particu lar Carrier u n der th is section is n ot a statu tory in stru m en t an d n eed n ot be pu blish ed in th e Gazette bu t th e directive sh all h ave n o legal effect u n til it is delivered to th e Carrier.

Cooperat ion of providers of t elecom m u n icat ion su pport services

of telecom m u n ication su pport services for th e pu rpose of en su rin g th at cu rren t an d plan n ed telecom m u n ication apparatu s, facilities an d services com ply with th e requ irem en ts referred to in section s 28D an d 28E(2) an d (3).

reason ably tim ely basis an d at a reason able ch arge, m ake available to Carriers u sin g its telecom m u n ication apparatu s, facilities or services su ch featu res or m odification s as are n ecessary to perm it su ch Carriers to com ply with th e requ irem en ts of section s 28D an d 28E(2) an d (3).

No degradat ion of capabilit ies

section s 28D or 28E(2) or (3) in respect of telecom m u n ication apparatu s th at th e Carrier operates sh all con tin u e to so m eet th at requ irem en t.

Main t ain in g capabilit ies in respect of n ew services

or 28E(2) or (3) in respect of telecom m u n ication apparatu s th at th e Carrier operates in con n ection with an y of th e Carrier’s telecom m u n ication services sh all m eet th at requ irem en t to th e sam e exten t in respect of an y n ew service th at th e Carrier begin s to provide u sin g th at telecom m u n ication apparatu s.

Begin n in g t o operat e t elecom m u n icat ion apparat u s

th e pu rpose of providin g telecom m u n ication services sh all m eet th e requ irem en ts u n der section s 28D an d 28E(2) an d (3), wh eth er by m ean s of th e telecom m u n ication apparatu s itself or by an y oth er m ean s.

(2) Su bsection (1) does n ot apply in respect of telecom m u n ication apparatu s th at a Carrier acqu ires from an oth er Carrier an d operates in order to con tin u e to provide th e sam e telecom m u n ication service to approxim ately th e sam e u sers.

(3) Notwith stan din g su bsection (2), th e acqu irin g Carrier sh all con tin u e to m eet an y requ irem en t referred to in su bsection (1) th at th e Carrier from wh om th e telecom m u n ication apparatu s was acqu ired was obligated to m eet.

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apparatu s th at th e Carrier operates, th e Carrier sh all m eet th e requ irem en ts u n der section s 28D an d 28E(2) an d (3) in respect of th at telecom m u n ication apparatu s to

th e exten t th at th e Carrier wou ld be en abled to m eet th ose requ irem en ts by th e in stallation of th e software in th e form available from th e software’s m an u factu rer th at wou ld m ost in crease th e Carrier’s ability to m eet th ose requ irem en ts.

(2) Su bsection (1) applies even if th e form of th e software in qu estion wou ld requ ire th e Carrier to acqu ire addition al software licen ces or telecom m u n ication facilities to ach ieve th at in creased ability.

Maxim u m capacit y lim it

Carrier’s capability to en able sim u ltan eou s in terception s beyon d th e m axim u m capacity lim it referred to in section 28E.

Order su spen din g obligat ion s

su spen d in wh ole or in part an y obligation of th e Carrier to m eet a requ irem en t u n der section 28D or 28E(2) or (3) th at wou ld arise from th e operation of section 28I or 28J .

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