Telecommunications Numbering Plan Amendment 2001 (No. 6) (Cth)
Telecommunications Numbering Plan Amendment 2001 (No. 6)
The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this amendment under section 455 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
Dated
A J SHAW
Chair
R HORTON
Deputy Chair
Australian Communications Authority
1Name of amendment
This amendment is the Telecommunications Numbering Plan Amendment 2001 (No. 6).
2Commencement
This amendment commences on gazettal.
3Amendment of Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1997
Schedule 1 amends the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1997.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Before section 11.22
insert
Division 1 Registers of portable numbers
[2]Before section 11.25
insert
Division 2 Management of number portability
[3]After section 11.26
insert
Division 3 Reports about digital mobile phone numbers
11.27Definitions for Division 3
In this Division:
allocated prefix means a class of numbers that the ACA has allocated for a digital mobile service.
annual numbering charge means charge imposed under Part 3 of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997.
permanently transferred prefix means a class of numbers that a carriage service provider has transferred to another carriage service provider:
(a)in accordance with subsection 5A (2) of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997; and
(b)to be used for digital mobile services on the other carriage service providers network.
Type 1 holder means a carrier:
(a) that is a carriage service provider that holds, on a day, a number to which an allocated prefix or a permanently transferred prefix relates; and
(b)that:
(i)if annual numbering charge is imposed on the number on that day is liable to pay annual numbering charge on the number; or
(ii)if annual numbering charge is not imposed on the number on that day would be liable to pay annual numbering charge on the number if that charge were imposed on that day.
Note Annual numbering charge for certain numbers is imposed on a day worked out in accordance with the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997. A carriage service provider that holds a number on a particular day is the provider that would be liable to pay numbering charge if the charge were imposed on that day.
Type 1 report means a report mentioned in subsection 11.28 (1).
Type 2 report means a report mentioned in subsection 11.29 (1).
11.28Type 1 report
(1)The ACA must, in writing, approve the form and content of a report (a Type 1 report) to be prepared by a carrier that is:
(a)a carrier in relation to a relevant mobile service; and
(b)a carriage service provider to which:
(i)the ACA has allocated an allocated prefix; or
(ii)another carriage service provider has transferred a permanently transferred prefix.
(2)A Type 1 report must identify:
(a)the carrier mentioned in subsection (1); and
(b)the allocated prefix or permanently transferred prefix; and
(c)each Type 1 holder in relation to the allocated prefix or permanently transferred prefix; and
(d)how many numbers the Type 1 holder holds in relation to the allocated prefix or permanently transferred prefix.
(3)A Type 1 report must state that the carrier preparing the report is not required:
(a)to identify itself when providing information for paragraph (2) (c); and
(b)to identify how many numbers it holds when providing information for paragraph (2) (d).
(4)A Type 1 report may deal with other matters relating to the purposes mentioned in subsection 11.32 (1).
(5)The ACA must, in writing, approve 1 or more ways in which a Type 1 report is to be given to the ACA.
11.29Type 2 report
(1)The ACA must, in writing, approve the form and content of a report (a Type 2 report) to be prepared by a carriage service provider that:
(a)is a Type 1 holder that has been identified in a Type 1 report; and
(b)is a carrier whose network is used by 1 or more other carriage service providers to supply a digital mobile service; and
(c)has transferred a number to which an allocated prefix or permanently transferred prefix relates to another carriage service provider, in accordance with subsection 5A (2) of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997, for use on the Type 1 holders network to supply a digital mobile service.
(2)A Type 2 report must identify:
(a)the carrier mentioned in subsection (1); and
(b)each carriage service provider:
(i)that supplies a digital mobile service using the Type 1 holders network; and
(ii)that holds a number, in relation to the digital mobile service, to which an allocated prefix or permanently transferred prefix relates; and
(iii)that:
(A)if annual numbering charge is imposed on the number on that day is liable to pay annual numbering charge on the number; or
(B)if annual numbering charge is not imposed on the number on that day would be liable to pay annual numbering charge on the number if that charge were imposed on that day; and
(c)how many of those numbers the carriage service provider mentioned in paragraph (b) holds.
(3)A Type 2 report must state that the carriage service provider preparing the report is not required:
(a)to identify itself when providing information for paragraph (2) (b); and
(b)to identify how many numbers it holds when providing information for paragraph (2) (c).
Note Annual numbering charge for certain numbers is imposed on a day worked out in accordance with the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997. A carriage service provider that holds a number on a particular day is the provider that would be liable to pay numbering charge if the charge were imposed on that day.
(4)A Type 2 report may deal with other matters relating to the purposes mentioned in subsection 11.32 (1).
(5)The ACA must, in writing, approve 1 or more ways in which a Type 2 report is to be given to the ACA.
11.30Compulsory Type 1 or Type 2 report
(1)A carriage service provider to which subsection 11.28 (1) applies must give to the ACA a Type 1 report by the end of 14 days after the day determined under subsection 18 (2) of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997.
(2)A carriage service provider to which subsection 11.29 (1) applies must give to the ACA a Type 2 report by the end of 14 days after the day determined under subsection 18 (2) of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997.
(3)The carriage service provider must:
(a)prepare the report using the approved form; and
(b)give the report to the ACA in an approved way.
Note The form of a Type 1 report, and the way to give it to the ACA, are approved by the ACA under section 11.28. The form of a Type 2 report, and the way to give it to the ACA, are approved by the ACA under section 11.29.
11.31Request for Type 1 or Type 2 report
(1)The ACA may, in writing:
(a)request a carriage service provider to which subsection 11.28 (1) applies to give to the ACA a Type 1 report; or
(b)request a carriage service provider to which subsection 11.29 (1) applies to give to the ACA a Type 2 report.
(2)The request must state that the carriage service provider must give the report by the end of 4 weeks after the date of the request.
(3)The carriage service provider must:
(a)prepare the report using the approved form; and
(b)give the report to the ACA in an approved way; and
(c)give the report to the ACA by the end of 4 weeks after the date of the request.
Note The form of a Type 1 report, and the way to give it to the ACA, are approved by the ACA under section 11.28. The form of a Type 2 report, and the way to give it to the ACA, are approved by the ACA under section 11.29.
11.32Using Type 1 or Type 2 report
(1)The ACA must use a Type 1 or Type 2 report only:
(a)to identify the holder of a number to which annual numbering charge applies; or
(b)to work out correctly an amount of numbering charge; or
(c)to administer numbering charge correctly.
(2)If the ACA is not given a Type 1 or Type 2 report by the end of the period for giving the report, the ACA may rely on information available to it:
(a)to identify the holder of a number to which annual numbering charge applies; or
(b)to work out an amount of numbering charge; or
(c)to administer numbering charge.
Note If the ACA acts on inaccurate information, because it has not been given a Type 1 or Type 2 report, the ACA may attempt to recover annual numbering charge in respect of a particular number from a carriage service provider that is not liable to pay it.
To avoid this, it is in each carriage service providers interests to comply with a request for a Type 1 or Type 2 report so that the ACA has accurate information about numbers.
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