- Date
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22 Oct 2014
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Communications
- Summary
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Introduced with the Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Amendment Bill 2014, the bill: amends the
Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Act 2012
to remove the requirement for the minister to prepare a statement of estimate of overall levy target amount; repeals the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Act 2012
to abolish the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency (TUSMA); repeals the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997
to remove the redundant universal service levy; and transfers TUSMA’s functions and contractual responsibilities to the Department of Communications; amends the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
, Export Market Development Grants Act 1997
and Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
to make amendments consequential on the regulation of the supply of telephone sex services via a standard telephone service being removed from the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
; Do Not Call Register Act 2006
to enable an indefinite registration period for numbers on the register; Telecommunications Act 1997
to: remove the arrangements for the Australian Communications and Media Authority to register e-marketing industry codes; and reduce obligations on telecommunications providers to provide pre-selection; and Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
to: remove gazettal publishing requirements; and reduce requirements on carriage service providers in relation to customer service guarantees; and makes consequential amendments to six Acts.