The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Amendment Bill 1999

No. , 1999

(Communications, Information Technology and the Arts)

A Bill for an Act to amend the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999, and for related purposes

ISBN: 0642 426252

Contents

A Bill for an Act to amend the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Amendment Act 1999.

2 Commencement This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1--Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

1 Subsection 96(2)

Omit "Within 30 days", substitute "On or before the 21st day of the third month".

2 Paragraphs 100(1)(b) and (c)

Omit "previous quarter", substitute "second last quarter before the current quarter".

3 Subsection 101(2)

Omit "14th", substitute "seventh".

4 Application

(1) The amendments of sections 96 and 101 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 apply to each levy quarter that commences after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) The amendments of section 100 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 apply to each levy quarter after the first levy quarter that commences after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

5 Transitional

Despite section 100 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999, the total levy for the first quarter that commences after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent is the estimated NRS cost for the quarter.