New Zealand Legislation: Acts

13 Duty to assist surveillance agencies

• (1) A surveillance agency to whom an interception warrant is issued, or any other lawful interception authority is granted, may, for the purpose of requiring assistance in the execution of the warrant or the authority, show to either or both of the persons referred to in subsection (2),—

  • (a) in the case of an interception warrant issued to an intelligence and security agency, a copy of the relevant parts of the warrant; or

  • (b) in any other case, a copy of the warrant or evidence of the authority.

  (2) The persons are—

  • (a) a network operator:

  • (b) a service provider.

  (3) A person who is shown under subsection (1) a copy of an interception warrant or the relevant parts of the warrant, or evidence of any other lawful interception authority, must assist the surveillance agency by—

  • (a) making available any of the person's officers, employees, or agents who are able to provide any reasonable technical assistance that may be necessary for the agency to intercept a telecommunication that is subject to the warrant or authority; and

  • (b) taking all other reasonable steps that are necessary for the purpose of giving effect to the warrant or authority.

  (4) For the purposes of this section, a network operator may intercept a telecommunication on behalf of a surveillance agency.