Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Exemption - Trial Network Units) Determination 2019 (Cth)

Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Exemption - Trial Network Units) Determination 2019

I, Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications and the Arts, make the following determination.

Dated 12 March 2019

Mitch Fifield Minister for Communications and the Arts

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Schedules 6 Exemption for network units solely being used for a trial 7 Requirements of, and conditions for the issuance of Trial Certificates Schedule 1—Repeals DETERMINATION UNDER SUBSECTION 51(1), No. 1 of 1998

1 Name This instrument is the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Exemption - Trial Network Units) Determination 2019.

2 Commencement This instrument commences on the day after this instrument is registered.

3 Authority This instrument is made under paragraph 51(1)(c) and subsection 51(2) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

4 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the definitions section of the Act, including the following: (a) ACMA; (b) network unit. In this instrument: Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997. Trial Certificate is a written document prepared by the ACMA that states, in the ACMA's opinion, the network unit is being solely operated on a trial basis. In issuing, or extending, a Trial Certificate, the ACMA must comply with the conditions and requirements set out in section 7 below.

5 Schedules Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

6 Exemption for network units solely being used for a trial Section 42 of the Act does not apply in relation to a network unit for which there has been a Trial Certificate issued by the ACMA.