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• Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, the Information Economy and the Arts Portfolio 

  Bill

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Issues) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills relating to the sale of the government’s equity in Telstra Corporation Limited, the bill amends the:

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to provide for the operational and organisational separation of Telstra;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: repeal the requirement for carriers to have an industry development plan (IDP); clarify the enforcement powers of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) in relation to industry codes; amend the requirements for consultation on variations to the carriage service provider numbering plan; facilitate any-to-any connectivity; enable ACMA to accept enforceable undertakings; and provide that remedial directions issued by ACMA are not legislative instruments; and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  in relation to: the operation of the telecommunications-specific competition regime; and interim determinations about access. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to prevent Telstra from acquiring specified bands of spectrum which could be used for advanced wireless broadband services unless it structurally separates and divests its interests in cable networks and subscription broadcasting licences;

  National Transmission Network Sale Act 1998

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to require the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to: set up-front prices and non-price terms for declared services; make binding rules of conduct for the supply of declared services; issue access determinations for declared services; receive access agreements between providers and access seekers; remove the option to apply for exemptions from access obligations or undertakings; and remove merits review of regulatory decisions made by the ACCC;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: remove the requirement for the ACCC to undertake consultation before issuing a Part A competition notice; and clarify that content services supplied by carriers and carriage service providers are subject to the competition notice regime;

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to: require the universal service provider to supply standard telephone services and payphones as determined by the minister; and provide for the minister to establish minimum Customer Service Guarantee performance benchmarks; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to obtain regular reports about carriers’ and service providers’ compliance with their obligations; require service providers to offer a priority assistance service; establish an infringement notice regime to deal with breaches of civil penalty provisions; and enable the minister to direct ACMA to determine industry standards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2019, the bill amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  in relation to: Layer 2 bitstream services; and statutory infrastructure providers;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and two legislative instruments in relation to local access lines;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  in relation to funding of fixed wireless broadband and satellite broadband; and

  National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011

  to require NBN Co to provide certain data about premises connected, or due to be connected, to the NBN. Also repeals four declarations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Consumer Protection) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Do Not Call Register Act 2006

  to clarify which party is responsible for making telemarketing calls and sending marketing faxes where third parties are carrying out the marketing activities;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: enable industry codes to be varied; extend the application of the reimbursement scheme for developing consumer-related industry codes to varying these codes; require code developers to publish draft code and draft variations and related public submissions; and make amendments consequent on the new Australian Privacy Principles; and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Services Standards) Act 1999

  to: require the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) scheme to comply with standards determined by the minister; and require independent periodic public reviews of the TIO scheme to be conducted. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  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. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Consumer Safeguards and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards Act 1999

  to amend the operation of the statutory infrastructure provider regime;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to issue remedial notices to developers who do not install functional fibre-ready facilities in proximity to a development;

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  to enable the disclosure by the ACMA of certain information;

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to enable the minister to determine service areas that relate to a primary universal service provider; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to require developers to install fibre-ready infrastructure in new developments and ensure that any fixed line facilities installed in a development must be fibre-ready. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Future Proofing and Other Measures) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills relating to the sale of the government’s equity in Telstra Corporation Limited, the bill amends the:

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to: provide a framework for regular independent reviews and reports of the adequacy of regional, rural and remote telecommunications services (including the creation of the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee (RTIRC)); and establish the Communications Fund which will be funded with an initial deposit of $2 billion in cash and which will fund government responses to recommendations by the RTIRC;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to provide for a scheme to enable industry bodies and associations to apply for reimbursement from the Australian Communications and Media Authority of the costs of developing consumer-related industry codes; and

  Telstra Corporation Act 1991

  to: require at least two directors of Telstra to have knowledge of or experience in rural or remote communications needs as well as regional areas of Australia; and restore appropriations and authorise borrowings in connection with a Telstra sale scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Information Disclosure, National Interest and Other Measures) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: enable carriers and carriage service providers to use and disclose information for purposes connected to the prevention of a serious threat to the life or health of a person; authorise the use and disclosure of unlisted numbers and associated addresses for the purposes of dealing with matters raised by a call to an emergency service number; confer civil immunities on telecommunications companies for the provision of reasonably necessary assistance to the Commonwealth, states or territories where a national emergency declaration is in force; and require more detailed records of information to be recorded for authorised disclosures; and

  Telstra Corporation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum