COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Acts Interpretation Act 1901

Australian Communications Authority Act 1997

AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY

(HPON TRANSMITTER LICENCES) DIRECTION NO. 1 OF 2001

(AMENDMENT NO. 1 OF 2002)

I, RICHARD KENNETH ROBERT ALSTON, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, acting under subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 and subsection 12(1) of the Australian Communications Authority Act 1997, amend the Australian Communications Authority (HPON Transmitter Licences) Direction No. 1 of 2001 (which was notified in the Gazette on 31 January 2001) as follows:

section 5:

delete “Where”, insert “Subject to section 5A, where”.

after section 5:

insert:

“5A. Direction – interim period of issue and renewal of HPON radio licences

Where the ACA decides, before 1 July 2002, to:

(a)                issue an HPON radio licence under section 100 of the Radcom Act; or

(b)               renew an HPON radio licence under section 130 of the Radcom Act;

the ACA must specify, under subsection 103(2) of the Radcom Act, a period for the licence ending no later than 30 June 2002.”

Dated  27 February 2002

RICHARD ALSTON

Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts