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2007
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill 2007
(Ms K Ellis MP)
A Bill for an Act to amend the definition of a low-impact facility under the Telecommunications Act 1997, and for related purposes
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Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill 2007
Contents
Part 1--Preliminary 1
^1 Short title 1
^2 Commencement 1
^3 Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment to the Telecommunications Act 1997 2
Section ^2
Section ^2
Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill 2007
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Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill 2007
A Bill for an Act to amend the definition of a low-impact facility under the Telecommunications Act 1997, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
Part 1--Preliminary
^1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications (Amendment) Act 2007.
^2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives Royal Assent.
^3 Schedule
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1 Amendment to the Telecommunications Act 1997
^1 Subclause 6(5) of Schedule 3
Repeal the subclause, substitute
(5) A tower must not be specified in an instrument under subclause (3) unless:
(a) the tower is attached to a building; and
(b) the height of the tower, when added to the height of towers already attached to a building in a residential area, does not exceed 5 metres.
^2 After subclause 6(5) of Schedule 3
Insert:
(5A) A tower must not be specified in an instrument under subclause (3) if the proposed location of the tower is less than 200 metres from a childcare centre, school or hospital.
^3 After subclause 15(1) of Schedule 3
Insert:
(1A) The Ministerial Code of Practice must include a requirement that for all facilities that are not low-impact facilities, the community must be fully consulted, and wherever possible, agree to the facility.
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