COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Telecommunications Act 1997 Telecommunications (Compliance with International Conventions) Declaration No. 1 of 1997 I, RICHARD KENNETH ROBERT ALSTON, Minister for Communications and the Arts, under subsection 366(2) of the Telecommunications Act 1997, declare that, for the purposes of section 366 of that Act, the conventions specified in the Schedule are binding in relation to persons that are carriers or carriage service providers within the meaning of that Act. Dated 18 June 1997. RICHARD ALSTON Minister for Communications and the Arts __________________ SCHEDULE Item Convention Done at Date 1 Convention for the Protection of Submarine Telegraph Cables Paris 14 March 1884 2 Plant Protection Agreement for the Asia and Pacific region (as amended in 1979 and by the 1994 Amendment) Rome 27 February 1956 3 Convention on the High Seas Geneva 29 April 1958 4 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (as amended by the 1982 Protocol and the 1987 Amendment) Ramsar 2 February 1971 5 Agreement relating to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (INTELSAT) (as amended by the 1994 Amendment) Washington 20 August 1971 SCHEDULE––continued Item Convention Done at Date 6 Operating Agreement relating to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (INTELSAT) (as amended by the 1995 Amendment) Washington 20 August 1971 7 Convention on International Liability for Damage caused by Space Objects London, Moscow, Washington 29 March 1972 8 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the London Convention) London 29 December 1972 9 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage Paris 23 December 1972 10 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (as amended by the 1979 and 1983 Amendments) Washington 3 March 1973 11 Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment Tokyo 6 February 1974 12 Convention relating to the distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite Brussels 21 May 1974 13 Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space New York 14 January 1975 14 Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (under the auspices of ESCAP) (as amended by the 1981 and 1991 Amendments) Bangkok 27 March 1976 SCHEDULE––continued Item Convention Done at Date 15 Convention on the Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific Apia 12 June 1976 16 Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation (INMARSAT) (as amended by the 1985, 1989 and 1994 Amendments) London 3 September 1976 17 Operating Agreement on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation (INMARSAT) (as amended by the 1985, 1989 and 1994 Amendments) London 3 September 1976 18 Treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea concerning Sovereignty and Maritime Boundaries in the area between the two Countries, including the area known as Torres Strait, and Related Matters Sydney 18 December 1978 19 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Bonn 23 June 1979 20 Revised Text of the International Plant Protection Convention of 6 December 1951 Rome 28 November 1979 21 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Montego Bay 10 December 1982 22 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer Vienna 22 March 1985 23 International Agreement on the Use of INMARSAT Ship Earth Stations within the Territorial Seas and Ports London 16 October 1985 24 Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Protection of Migratory Birds and their Environment Canberra 20 October 1986 SCHEDULE––continued Item Convention Done at Date 25 Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region Noumea 24 November 1986 26 Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution of the South Pacific Region by Dumping Noumea 24 November 1986 27 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (as amended by the 1992 and 1994 Amendments) Montreal 16 September 1987 28 The International COSPAS-SARSAT (Search and Rescue Satellite) Programme Agreement Paris 1 July 1988 29 Convention on the Controls of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal Basel 22 March 1989 30 Treaty on the Zone of Cooperation in an Area between the Indonesian Province of East Timor and Northern Australia (Timor Gap Treaty) Timor Sea 11 December 1989 31 Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the USSR on Cooperation in the Field of Protection and Enhancement of the Environment Canberra 15 February 1990 32 Letter of Notification of Association (of Australia) with the International COSPAS-SARSAT Programme as a Ground Segment Provider London 23 May 1991 33 Convention on Biological Diversity Rio de Janiero 5 June 1992 34 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change New York 9 May 1992 SCHEDULE––continued Item Convention Done at Date 35 Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union which includes the Administrative Regulations (International Telecommunication Regulations and Radio Regulations) (as amended by the 1994 Amendments) Geneva 22 December 1992 Optional Protocol on the Compulsory Settlements of Disputes relating to the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union, the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union and to the Administrative Regulations (International Telecommunication Regulations and Radio Regulations) as set out in the Final Acts of the Additional Plenipotentiary Conference 1992 36 Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization Marrakesh 15 April 1994 37 Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea on 10 December 1982 New York 5 October 1994 38 World Trade Organisation Singapore 13 December 1996 Information Technology Agreement 39 World Trade Organisation Geneva 15 February 1997 Group on Basic Telecommunications Agreement