Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act

Marginal note:Query or exploitation of datasets

• 11.2 (1) A designated employee may, in accordance with subsections (2) to (4), query or exploit Canadian datasets and foreign datasets.

• Marginal note:Dataset subject to judicial authorization — sections 12 and 12.1

  (2) A designated employee may, to the extent that it is strictly necessary, query or exploit a Canadian dataset that is subject to a judicial authorization issued under section 11.13 to assist the Service in the performance of its duties and functions under sections 12 and 12.1.

• Marginal note:Dataset subject to approved authorization — sections 12, 12.1 and 15

  (3) A designated employee may, to the extent that it is strictly necessary, query or exploit a foreign dataset that is the subject of an authorization under section 11.17 that has been approved by the Commissioner under the Intelligence Commissioner Act, to assist the Service in the performance of its duties and functions under sections 12, 12.1 and 15.

• Marginal note:Assistance in accordance with section 16

  (4) A designated employee may query or exploit a Canadian dataset that is subject to a judicial authorization issued under section 11.13 or a foreign dataset that is the subject of an authorization under section 11.17 that has been approved by the Commissioner under the Intelligence Commissioner Act, if the query or exploitation is required to assist the Minister of National Defence or the Minister of Foreign Affairs in accordance with section 16.