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(1) Where the request for interception involves the interception of telecommunication services that are operated through a gateway in this country, the Minister shall after consultation with the Ministers responsible for the Interior and Communication ensure that the systems of telecommunications are made directly accessible for the lawful interception by the foreign State concerned through the intermediary of a communications service provider in this country designated by the Minister responsible for Communications.

(2) A foreign State shall be entitled for the purpose of criminal investigation and in accordance with the laws of the Republic to carry out the interception through the designated service provider if the subject of the interception is present in this country without involving any other foreign State on whose territory the gateway is located.

(3) The Minister responsible for Communications shall designate a communications service provider by publication in the Gazette.