(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, –
(a) “Act” means the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023);
(b) “authorised agency” means the law enforcement or security agency authorised by the Central Government for the purposes of these rules;
1 Vide G.S.R. 754(E), dated 06.12.2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Sec. 3(i), dated 06.12.2024.
1[(c) “competent authority” means —
(i) the Union Home Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, in the case of the Central Government; or
(ii) the Secretary to the State Government in charge of the Home Department, in the case of a State Government; or
(iii) the Union Home Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Central Government, in the case of a request from the Secretary in-charge of the Home Department of the State Government to the Central Government for interception by that State Government beyond its territorial jurisdiction;]
(d) “interception order” means an order for interception of a message or class of messages under clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 20 of the Act, issued under rule 3 of these rules;
(e) “review committee” means the committee constituted under rule 5 of these rules;
and
(f) “telecommunication entity” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause
(g) of sub-rule (1) of rule 2 of the Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Rules,2024.
(2) Words and expressions used in these rules and not defined herein but defined in the Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.