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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) AMENDMENT (NATIONAL RELAY SERVICE) BILL 2005
2004-2005
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Telecommunications (Consumer
Protection and Service Standards)
Amendment (National Relay Service) Bill
2005
No. , 2005
(Communications, Information Technology and the Arts)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Telecommunications
(Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act
1999, and for related purposes
i Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Amendment (National
Relay Service) Bill 2005 No. , 2005
Contents
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Short title.......................................................................................1
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Commencement .............................................................................1
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Schedule(s)....................................................................................2
Schedule 1--Amendments relating to the National Relay
Service
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Part 1--Amendments commencing on Royal Assent
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Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards)
Act 1999
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Part 2--Amendments consequential on item 437 of Schedule 1
to the Financial Framework Legislation Amendment
Act 2005
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Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards)
Act 1999
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Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Amendment (National Relay
Service) Bill 2005 No. , 2005 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the Telecommunications
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(Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act
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1999, 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 may be cited as the Telecommunications (Consumer
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Protection and Service Standards) Amendment (National Relay
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Service) Act 2005.
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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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2 Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Amendment
(National Relay Service) Bill 2005 No. , 2005
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1,
Part 1
The day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
3. Schedule 1,
Part 2
Immediately after the commencement of
item 437 of Schedule 1 to the Financial
Framework Legislation Amendment Act
2005.
However, the provision(s) covered by this
table item do not commence at all if:
(a) item 437 of Schedule 1 to the Financial
Framework Legislation Amendment Act
2005 commences before the day on
which this Act receives the Royal
Assent; or
(b) item 437 of Schedule 1 to the Financial
Framework Legislation Amendment Act
2005 does not commence.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to
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deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
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(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not
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part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or
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edited in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act 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 relating to the National Relay Service Schedule 1
Amendments commencing on Royal Assent Part 1
Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Amendment (National Relay
Service) Bill 2005 No. , 2005 3
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Schedule 1--Amendments relating to the
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National Relay Service
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Part 1--Amendments commencing on Royal Assent
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Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service
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Standards) Act 1999
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1 Section 94 (definition of NRS contract)
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Repeal the definition, substitute:
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NRS contract means a contract under which the whole, or a part,
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of the National Relay Service is provided.
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2 Section 94 (definition of NRS provider)
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Repeal the definition, substitute:
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NRS provider means a person who provides the whole, or a part, of
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the National Relay Service.
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3 Paragraph 95(1)(b)
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Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
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(b) either:
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(i) is provided by a person under a contract with the
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Commonwealth; or
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(ii) is provided by 2 or more persons under contracts with
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the Commonwealth (with each of the persons providing
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a part of the service).
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4 Subsection 95(2)
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Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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(2) Each NRS contract must provide for the relevant NRS provider to
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prepare service plans for so much of the NRS as is covered by the
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contract. The service plan must include at least the following
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matters:
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(a) timetables for the supply of so much of the NRS as is
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covered by the contract;
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Schedule 1 Amendments relating to the National Relay Service
Part 1 Amendments commencing on Royal Assent
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(National Relay Service) Bill 2005 No. , 2005
(b) performance standards to be met by the NRS provider.
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5 Section 96
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Repeal the section, substitute:
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96 Publication of costs of providing the NRS
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(1) Before the start of each levy quarter, each NRS provider must give
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the Minister a written estimate of the total cost of the provider in
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providing the NRS (or part of the NRS) during the quarter. The
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estimate must be prepared in accordance with the relevant NRS
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contract. The Minister must cause to be published in the Gazette
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the total amount notified to the Minister under this subsection for
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the quarter.
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(2) On or before the 21st day of the third month after the end of each
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levy quarter, each NRS provider must give the Minister a written
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statement of the total cost of the provider in providing the NRS (or
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part of the NRS) during the quarter. The statement must be
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prepared in accordance with the relevant NRS contract. The
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Minister must cause to be published in the Gazette the total amount
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notified to the Minister under this subsection for the quarter.
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6 Subsections 97(1) and (2)
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Omit "the NRS provider", substitute "each NRS provider".
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7 Subsection 100(2) (note)
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Omit "1997", substitute "1998".
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8 Subsection 102(3)
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Omit "the NRS provider under the NRS contract", substitute "NRS
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providers under NRS contracts".
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Amendments relating to the National Relay Service Schedule 1
Amendments consequential on item 437 of Schedule 1 to the Financial Framework
Legislation Amendment Act 2005 Part 2
Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Amendment (National Relay
Service) Bill 2005 No. , 2005 5
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Part 2--Amendments consequential on item 437 of
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Schedule 1 to the Financial Framework
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Legislation Amendment Act 2005
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Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service
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Standards) Act 1999
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9 Subsection 102(3)
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Omit "the NRS provider under the NRS contract", substitute "NRS
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providers under NRS contracts".
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