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[Note: This Statutory Rule is repealed by SR 2001 No. 65]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
Page
1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
2 Commencement
3 Listed international agreements
Schedule Listed international agreements
Notes
1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
These Regulations are the Telecommunications (Compliance with International Agreements) Regulations 1997.
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on 1 July 1997.
3 Listed 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.
Schedule Listed 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 | Date of notification | Date of | Application, saving or |
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 |