Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme–Contracts and Grants Rules) Determination 2022 (Cth)

Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme–Contracts and Grants Rules) Determination 2022

I, Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, make the following determination.

Dated 19 March 2022.

Paul Fletcher Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Cessation 5 Simplified outline of this instrument 6 Interpretation Part 2—Rules Division 1—Preliminary 7 Simplified outline of this Part Division 2— Required terms and conditions 8 Terms and conditions to be included in a section 80 contract or grant of financial assistance

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name This instrument is the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme–Contracts and Grants Rules) Determination 2022.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority This instrument is made under subsection 87 (1) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999. Note 1: Subsection 87 (1) of the Act provides that the Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules to be complied with by the Secretary in relation to the performance of the Secretary's functions, or the exercise of the Secretary's powers, under Division 2 of Part 3 of the Act. One of the powers relates to entering into a contract with an eligible funding recipient for various purposes: refer section 80 of the Act. Note 2: Subsection 87 (2) of the Act provides that the Secretary must comply with any rules in force under subsection (1).