Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Significant Event) Instrument (No. 1) 2023

Dated: 23 February 2023

Chris Jose

[signed]

Member

Linda Caruso

[signed]

Member/General Manager

1  Name

                   This is the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Significant Event) Instrument (No. 1) 2023.

2  Commencement

                   This instrument commences on 2 March 2023.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under subsections 407(1) and 419(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

4  Schedule

                   Each instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 to this instrument is amended as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule.

Schedule 1—Amendments

(section 4)

Telecommunications (Labelling Notice for Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Instrument 2015 (F2015L00190)

1  Subsection 4(1) (definition of significant event)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

significant event means:

(a)   an event declared by the ACMA under subsection 54A(2) of the Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021; or

(b)   if an event (the relevant event) was a significant event (within the meaning of this Instrument as in force immediately before the commencement of the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Significant Event) Instrument (No. 1) 2023) and the whole or a part of the relevant event occurs after that commencement – the relevant event.

Note           The Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 and the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Significant Event) Instrument (No. 1) 2023 are available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.

Telecommunications (Types of Cabling Work) Declaration 2013 (F2013L01845)

2  Section 4 (definition of Chair)

Repeal the definition.

3  Section 4 (definition of significant event)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

significant event means:

(a) an event declared by the ACMA under subsection 54A(2) of the Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021; or

(b)   if an event (the relevant event) was a significant event (within the meaning of this Declaration as in force immediately before the commencement of the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Significant Event) Instrument (No. 1) 2023) and the whole or a part of the relevant event occurs after that commencement – the relevant event.

Note           The Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 and the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Significant Event) Instrument (No. 1) 2023 are available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.