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(1) A request by the Central Authority of a foreign State or the competent authority of a foreign entity for assistance for the expeditious preservation of communications data pending the submission of a request for the production of data shall.

(a) specify the identity of the agency or authority making the request,

(b) contain a brief description of the conduct under investigation,

(c) contain a description of the data to be preserved and its connection with the investigation or proceedings to which the request relates and which indicates whether the communications data to be preserved includes

(i) subscriber information,

(ii) traffic data, or

(iii) any other information that composes communication data,

(d) contain information to identify the custodian of the stored communications data or the location of the computer system,

(e) indicate reasons for the necessity of the preservation, and

(f) indicate the manner and time within which the foreign State intends to submit a substantive request for assistance for the production of the required communication data.

(2) A request for assistance to preserve communications data may be directly transmitted to the competent authority designated by the Minister to do so.

(3) A competent authority that receives a request shall notify the Minister.

(4) Where the Central Authority receives the request by the Central Authority of a foreign State or the competent authority of a foreign .entity for the preservation of communications data or is notified under subsection (3), the Central Authority shall direct that the communications data be preserved for a period of one hundred and twenty days pending submission of a substantive request by the Central Authority of the foreign State or the competent authority of the foreign entity for assistance to obtain the preserved communications data.

(5) The communications data shall be preserved

(a) pending the determination of the request, or

(b) until the data is obtained if the request is granted.

(6) Where the Central Authority is of the opinion that the preservation of communications data pursuant to a request

(a) does not warrant the future availability of the required communications data; or

(b) may threaten the confidentiality of or adversely affect the investigation in the foreign State, or by the foreign entity the Central Authority shall promptly inform the Central Authority of the foreign State or the competent authority of the foreign entity where applicable which shall determine whether to execute the request or not.