Telecommunications (Emergency Call Service) Amendment Determination 2024 (No. 1) (Cth)

Telecommunications (Emergency Call Service) Amendment Determination 2024 (No. 1)

The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes the following determination under subsection 147(1) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

Dated: 23 October 2024 Samantha Yorke [signed] Member

Cathy Rainsford [signed] General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1 Name This is the Telecommunications (Emergency Call Service) Amendment Determination 2024 (No. 1).

2 Commencement This instrument commences on 28 October 2024.

3 Authority This instrument is made under subsection 147(1) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

4 Amendments The instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 is amended as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule.

Schedule 1—Amendments (section 4)

Telecommunications (Emergency Call Service) Determination 2019 (F2019L01509)

1 Subsection 5(2) (Note) Repeal the note, substitute:

Note: To achieve these objects, this Determination includes provisions which require: 1. carriers, carriage service providers and emergency call persons to detect and prevent high volumes of non-genuine calls to the emergency call service (see Divisions 2.5 and 3.3); 2. carriers, carriage service providers and emergency call persons to supply the most precise location information available for emergency calls to the emergency call service (see Divisions 2.3 and 3.4); 3. carriers, carriage service providers and emergency call persons to coordinate communications where there is a disruption to the emergency call service (see Divisions 2.4 and 3.5); and 4. carriage service providers to take measures to identify and cease supply of services to mobile phones that are unable to access the emergency call service (see Part 4).