Telecommunications (Service Provider — Identity Checks for Pre-paid Public Mobile Telecommunications Services) Amendment Determination 2004 (No. 2)

Telecommunications (Service Provider — Identity Checks for Pre-paid Public Mobile Telecommunications Services) Amendment Determination 2004 (No. 2)

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this Determination under subsection 99 (1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated      25 August 2004                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            R HORTON                                                                                              Chair                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A HORSLEY                                                                               Deputy Chair

Australian Communications Authority

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Telecommunications (Service Provider — Identity Checks for Pre-paid Public Mobile Telecommunications Services) Amendment Determination 2004 (No. 2).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3 Amendment of Telecommunications (Service Provider — Identity Checks for Pre-paid Public Mobile Telecommunications Services) Determination 2000

  Schedule 1 amends the Telecommunications (Service Provider — Identity Checks for Pre-paid Public Mobile Telecommunications Services) Determination 2000.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Section 1.4, after definition of number

insert

point of sale, in relation to an invitation by a carriage service provider to use a pre-paid public mobile telecommunications service at no charge to a person who accepts the invitation, means the time at which a person accepts the invitation.

Note   The acceptance of an invitation to use a pre-paid public mobile telecommunications service may require the activation of the service by telephone or via the Internet. The transaction would be completed between 2 physical locations, but there would be a single identifiable time.

[2] Section 1.4, definition of purchaser

substitute

purchaser, of a pre-paid public mobile telecommunications service, means:

 (a) the person who pays for the service at the point of sale of the service; or

 (b) if a carriage service provider issues an invitation to use the service at no charge to a person who accepts the invitation — a person who accepts the invitation.

[3] Section 1.4, after definition of rates statement

insert

sale, in relation to an invitation by a carriage service provider to use a pre‑paid public mobile telecommunications service at no charge to a person who accepts the invitation, means the acceptance of the invitation by a person.

[4] Paragraph 1.5 (c)

substitute

 (c) any payment that may be required for the service has been made before the service is used; and