Telecommunications Amendment (Disclosure of Information for the Purpose of Cyber Security) Regulations 2023
I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 28 September 2023
David Hurley
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Michelle Rowland
Minister for Communications
Contents
1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1
3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1
4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
Telecommunications Regulations 2021 2
1 Name
This instrument is the Telecommunications Amendment (Disclosure of Information for the Purpose of Cyber Security) Regulations 2023.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. | 30 September 2023 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under the Telecommunications Act 1997.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Telecommunications Regulations 2021
1 Subsection 15A(5)
Omit “notifiable”, substitute “legislative”.
2 Subsection 15A(6) (paragraph (b) of the definition of specified document)
Omit “notifiable”, substitute “legislative”.
3 Subsection 15A(6) (paragraph (b) of the definition of specified information)
Omit “notifiable”, substitute “legislative”.
4 Subsection 15A(8)
Omit “the day after the end of the period of 12 months starting on the day this section commences”, substitute “12 October 2024”.
5 Subparagraph 15B(2)(d)(ii)
Omit “notifiable”, substitute “legislative”.
6 Subsection 15B(3)
Omit “notifiable” (wherever occurring), substitute “legislative”.
7 Subsection 15B(6)
Omit “the day after the end of the period of 12 months starting on the day this section commences”, substitute “12 October 2024”.