Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Amendment Act 2000 (Cth)

Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Amendment Act 2000

No. 51, 2000

Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Amendment Act 2000

No. 51, 2000

An Act to amend the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title................................... 2 Commencement............................... 3 Schedule(s)..................................

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997

Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Amendment Act 2000

No. 51, 2000

An Act to amend the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997, and for related purposes

[Assented to 3 May 2000]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Amendment Act 2000.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997

1 Section 5 (definition of transferred) Repeal the definition, substitute:

transferred has the meaning given by section 5A.

2 At the end of Part 1 Add:

5A Meaning of transferred

(1) A number is transferred between 2 carriage service providers when the number is ported from one of the providers to the other provider.

(2) Two carriage service providers may enter into a binding written agreement that provides that a number is transferred from one of them to the other. The carriage service providers must jointly give the ACA written notice of the transfer. The transfer takes effect on the later of the following: (a) the day on which the notice is given to the ACA; (b) another day specified in the notice.