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Australian Communications Authority Act 1997
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In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
> ACA means the Australian Communications Authority.
> ACA’s additional functions has the meaning given by section 8.
> ACA’s spectrum management functions has the meaning given by section 7.
> ACA’s telecommunications functions has the meaning given by section 6.
> appointing authority means:
(a) in relation to a member—the Governor‑General; or
(b) in relation to an associate member—the Minister.
> associate member means an associate member of the ACA.
> carriage service has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
> carriage service provider has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
> carrier has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
> carry has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
> Chair means the Chair of the ACA.
> communications has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
> content service has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
> customer cabling has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
> customer equipment has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
> Deputy Chair means the Deputy Chair of the ACA.
> listed carriage service has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
> member means a member of the ACA, but does not include an associate member.
> radiocommunications means:
(a) radiocommunications (within the meaning of the Radiocommunications Act 1992); or
(b) a transmission or radio emission covered by subsection 20(1) or section 21 or 22 of that Act.
> radiocommunications community includes:
(a) users of radiocommunications; and
(b) persons who sell, hire, manufacture or import:
(i) radiocommunications transmitters (within the meaning of the Radiocommunications Act 1992); or
(ii) radiocommunications receivers (within the meaning of that Act).
> telecommunications means the carriage of communications by means of guided and/or unguided electromagnetic energy.
> telecommunications industry has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
> telecommunications network has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.