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2016-2017
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Telecommunications Amendment
(Guaranteeing Mobile Phone Service in
Bushfire Zones) Bill 2017
No. , 2017
(Ms Sharkie)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Telecommunications
Act 1997, and for related purposes
No. , 2017
Telecommunications Amendment (Guaranteeing Mobile Phone Service
in Bushfire Zones) Bill 2017
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Telecommunications Act 1997
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No. , 2017
Telecommunications Amendment (Guaranteeing Mobile Phone Service
in Bushfire Zones) Bill 2017
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Telecommunications
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Act 1997, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Telecommunications Amendment (Guaranteeing
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Mobile Phone Service in Bushfire Zones) Act 2017.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments Schedule 1
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in Bushfire Zones) Bill 2017
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Telecommunications Act 1997
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1 Subsection 112(2)
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Omit "125A and 125B", substitute "125A, 125B and 125C".
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2 At the end of subsection 113(3)
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Add:
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; (zb) action to be taken to ensure that mobile base stations in high
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bushfire risk communities have at least 24 hours of standby
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power capability at all times.
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3 After section 125B
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Insert:
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125C ACMA must determine certain industry standards relating
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mobile base stations in high bushfire risk communities
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(1) As soon as practicable after the commencement of this section the
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ACMA must, by legislative instrument, determine a standard that:
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(a) applies to participants in the section of the
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telecommunications industry that consists of carriers; and
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(b) deals with requiring those participants that own or operate a
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critical mobile base station to ensure that the critical mobile
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base station has at least 24 hours of standby power capability
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at all times.
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(2) A standard under subsection (1) is to be known as an industry
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standard.
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(3) If the ACMA is satisfied that a body or association represents that
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section of the telecommunications industry, the ACMA must
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consult the body or association before determining a standard
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under subsection (1).
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(4) For the purposes of this section, a critical mobile base station is a
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designated radiocommunications facility that is:
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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in Bushfire Zones) Bill 2017
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(a) of a kind referred to in paragraph 31(1)(a); and
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(b) located in a community determined to be a high bushfire risk
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community by the area of the Attorney-General's Department
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(within the meaning of Schedule 3A) known as Emergency
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Management Australia.
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(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(b), in determining whether a
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community is a high bushfire risk community, Emergency
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Management Australia must have regard to whether the community
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is located in an area that is a bushfire risk area (however described)
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under the planning law in force in the State or Territory in which
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the community is located.
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