Telecommunications Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1) (Cth)

Telecommunications Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2001 No. 3382

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated 20 December 2001

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

RICHARD ALSTON

Minister for Communications, Information Technology

and the Arts

1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Telecommunications Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Telecommunications Regulations 2001

Schedule 1 amends the Telecommunications Regulations 2001.

Schedule 1Amendment

(regulation 3)

  

[1]After regulation 5.2

insert

5.3Disclosure of information — assistance to Royal Commission into Building and Construction Industry (Act s 292)

• (1)

  For subsection 292 (1) of the Act, the following circumstances apply to a disclosure or use of information or a document:

  • (a)

    the disclosure is made by an eligible person;

  • (b)

    the disclosure is made to the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry, created by Letters Patent dated 29 August 2001;

  • (c)

    the disclosure is made solely for the purposes of the Royal Commission.

Note The effect of this subregulation is that section 276 of the Act will not prohibit a disclosure or use of information or a document in the circumstances specified in the subregulation.

• (2)

  For subsection 292 (2) of the Act, the following circumstances apply to a disclosure or use of information or a document:

  • (a)

    the disclosure is made by an eligible number-database person;

  • (b)

    the disclosure is made to the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry, created by Letters Patent dated 29 August 2001;

  • (c)

    the disclosure is made solely for the purposes of the Royal Commission.

Note The effect of this subregulation is that section 277 of the Act will not prohibit a disclosure or use of information or a document in the circumstances specified in the subregulation.

• (3)

  For subsection 292 (3) of the Act, the following circumstances apply to a disclosure or use of information or a document:

  • (a)

    the disclosure is made by an emergency call person;

  • (b)

    the disclosure is made to the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry, created by Letters Patent dated 29 August 2001;

  • (c)

    the disclosure is made solely for the purposes of the Royal Commission.

Note The effect of this subregulation is that section 278 of the Act will not prohibit a disclosure or use of information or a document in the circumstances specified in the subregulation.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2001 No. 65.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette