No. 90 of 1991

An Act to provide for the payment of fees for the allocation of numbers for public telecommunications services

[Assented to 26 June 1991]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications (Numbering Fees) Act 1991.

Commencement

2. (1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on 1 July 1991.

(2) Sections 1 and 2 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation

3. An expression has in this Act the same meaning as it has in the Telecommunications Act 1991.

Fees for allocation of numbers

4. There is payable to the Commonwealth, by a person to whom a number is to be allocated under section 242 of the Telecommunications Act 1991, in respect of the allocation of that number, the fee (if any) fixed by the regulations.

Fees for allocation of “special” numbers

5. There is payable to the Commonwealth, by a person to whom a number is to be allocated under section 242 of the Telecommunications Act 1991, in respect of the allocation of that number, the additional fee (if any) worked out as set out in the regulations.

Regulations for section 4

6. (1) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, fixing fees for the purposes of section 4.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) must not fix a fee of more than $2,000.

Regulations for section 5

7. (1) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, providing for fees for the purposes of section 5.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1):

(i) a tender process; or

(ii) a public auction;

conducted as provided by the regulations.