Telecommunications Numbering Plan Variation 2003 (No. 5)

Telecommunications Numbering Plan Variation 2003 (No. 5)

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this Variation under section 455 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated 12 November 2003

R HORTON
Chair

A HORSLEY
Deputy Chair

Australian Communications Authority

1 Name of Variation

  This Variation is the Telecommunications Numbering Plan Variation 2003 (No. 5).

2 Commencement

  This Variation commences on gazettal.

3 Variation of Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1997

  Schedule 1 varies the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1997.

Schedule 1 Variations

(section 3)

[1] Paragraph 1.11 (c)

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 (c) to enable end-users to apply this understanding in the management of call costs.

[2] Section 6.11

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The

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 (1) The

[3] Section 6.11

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 (2) The applicant must give the further information to the ACA:

 (a) in writing; or

 (b) in any other form specified by the ACA.

 (3) If the applicant does not give the ACA the further information within 40 working days of the request, the applicant is taken to have withdrawn the application at the end of the 40 working days.

[4] Subsection 6.24 (5)

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 (5) The ACA may approve the application only if:

 (a) it is satisfied that the allocation of fewer numbers will not hinder a later allocation of the numbers; and

 (b) the allocation of fewer numbers is consistent with the number analysis capabilities of telecommunications networks operated in Australia; and

 (c) it is satisfied that:

 (i) it is likely the carriage service provider would be disadvantaged or significantly inconvenienced by an allocation in the appropriate unit; or

 (ii) it is an efficient use of numbers.

[5] Subsection 7.5 (2)

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 (2) The notice must:

 (a) be in a form approved by the ACA; and

 (b) be signed and dated, for a provider, by a person authorised to do so by the provider.

[6] Section 9.4

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[7] Paragraph 9.8 (1) (b)

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1 July 1994.

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renumbering arrangements commenced.

[8] Subsection 9.8 (2)

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mentioned for the new prefix in column 4 of Schedule 9.

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specified by the ACA.

[9] Section 9.10

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[10] Subsections 10.12 (1) and (2)

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 (1) This section applies if a customer asks for, or agrees to be issued with, a number that has been recovered from another customer (the previous customer) by a carriage service provider.

 (2) If the number was recovered from the previous customer because of nuisance calls, a carriage service provider must not issue the number to another customer for at least 1 year after the number was recovered.

[11] Subsection 10.12 (3)

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is

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was

[12] Schedule 2, items beginning with (042), (043), (044), (045), (046), (047), (048), (049), (060), (063), (064), (065), (066), (067), (068), (069), (070), (071), (076), (077), (079)

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[13] Schedule 4, Part 1, items beginning with 0011 00, 0011 09, 0015 0, 0017 0, 0017 1, 0017 5, 0018, 0051 0055, 0071, 0100 0102 0103, 0101 0107 0108, 011, 012, 013, 017 3, 017 5, 017 6, 11 409, 11 44, 11 5 11 6, 11 8, 15, 1700, 18 1

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[14] Schedule 7, clause 2.6

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greater

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other

[15] Schedule 7, clause 3.3

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greater

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other

[16] Schedules 9 and 10

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[17] Schedule 11, item 3

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6.23 (5)

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6.24 (5)

[18] Schedule 11, after item 25

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25A. A decision under section 7.24A to withdraw numbers.

[19] Schedule 12, Part 1, item beginning with (02) 9511

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Terry Hills

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Sydney

[20] Further variations — repeal of Schedules 9 and 10

[21] Further variations — time limits