Telecommunications (Compliance with International Agreements) Regulations 1997 (Cth)

Telecommunications (Compliance with International Agreements) Regulations 1997

Statutory Rules 1997 No. 175 as amended

made under the

Telecommunications Act 1997

This compilation was prepared on 12 April 2001

taking into account amendments up to SR 2001 No. 65

[Note: This Statutory Rule is repealed by SR 2001 No. 65]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,

Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

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1Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

 These Regulations are the Telecommunications (Compliance with International Agreements) Regulations 1997.

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on 1 July 1997.

3Listed international agreements

For clause 2 of Schedule 3 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 (definition of listed international agreements), an agreement mentioned in the Schedule is a listed international agreement.

ScheduleListed international agreements

(regulation 3)

  

Item	Agreement	Done at	Date
1	Plant Protection Agreement for the Asia and Pacific Region (as amended in 1979 and by the 1994 Amendment)	Rome	27 February 1956
2	Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (as amended by the 1982 Protocol and the 1987 Amendment)	Ramsar	2 February 1971
3	Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China for the Protection of Migratory Birds and their Environment	Canberra	20 October 1986
4	Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage	Paris	23 December 1972
5	Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment	Tokyo	6 February 1974
6	Convention on the Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific	Apia	12 June 1976
7	Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals	Bonn	23 June 1979
8	Revised Text of the International Plant Protection Convention of 6 December 1951	Rome	28 November 1979
9	Treaty Between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea concerning the Sovereignty and Maritime Boundaries in the area between the two Countries, including the area known as Torres Strait, and Related Matters	Sydney	18 December 1978
10	Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region	Noumea	24 November 1986
11	Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the USSR on Cooperation in the Field of Protection and Enhancement of the Environment	Canberra	15 February 1990
12	Convention on Biological Diversity	Rio de Janeiro	5 June 1992
13	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	New York	9 May 1992
14	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea	Montego Bay	10 December 1982
15	Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the London Convention)	London	29 December 1972
16	Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer	Vienna	22 March 1985
17	Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (as amended by the 1992 and 1994 Amendments)	Montreal	16 September 1987
18	Convention on the Controls of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal	Basel	22 March 1989
19	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (as amended by the 1979 and 1983 Amendments)	Washington	3 March 1973
20	Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution of the South Pacific Region by Dumping	Noumea	24 November 1986
21	Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982	New York	5 October 1994
22	The Timor Gap Treaty (being the Treaty defined by subsection 5 (1) of the Petroleum (Timor Gap Zone of Cooperation) Act 1990	Timor Sea	11 December 1989

Notes to the Telecommunications (Compliance with International Agreements) Regulations 1997

Note 1

The Telecommunications (Compliance with International Agreements) Regulations 1997 (in force under the Telecommunications Act 1997) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1997 No. 175 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Statutory Rules

Year and number	Date of notification in Gazette	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
1997 No. 175	30 June 1997	1 July 1997
2000 No. 222	17 Aug 2000	17 Aug 2000	—
2001 No. 65	12 Apr 2001	12 Apr 2001	—

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted  am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
R. 1..........................................	rs. 2000 No. 222
Schedule 1.............................	am. 2000 No. 222