SMS Sender ID Register (Application, Access and Administration) Determination 2025
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In this determination:
ACMA Assist means the online portal accessible via the ACMA’s website through which an ABN entity that has been approved under section 484F of the Act, can access its account on the Register.
ACMA’s website means the website with the address https://www.acma.gov.au.
Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.
application programming interface means a set of rules and protocols that enables the information technology system of a telecommunications provider and the Register to communicate with each other over the internet.
ASCII decimal codes means the decimal codes in the American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
Note: The American Standard Code for Information Interchange can be accessed free of charge at www.ascii-code.com.
authorised user for an entity, means a staff member, contractor, or any other person engaged by the entity, or a related body corporate of the entity, who has been granted permission by a business administrator to be an authorised user for the purposes of section 15.
business administrator for an entity, means a person who is the owner of the entity or an employee of the entity and who:
- is an authorised contact listed on the Australian Business Register (an authorised business administrator); or
- has been granted permission, via ACMA Assist, to be a business administrator by an authorised business administrator.
entity representative means the owner of an entity or an employee of an entity who is authorised by the entity to act on behalf of the entity to make an application under Part 24B of the Act.
offensive, in relation to the word or words in a sender identification, means a word or words which a reasonable person would regard as offending against generally accepted standards of morality, decency or propriety.
related body corporate has the meaning given by section 50 of the Corporations Act 2001.
restricted word has the meaning given by subsection (2).
Standard means the Telecommunications (SMS Sender ID Register) Industry Standard 2025.
Note: A number of other expressions used in this determination are defined in the Standard, including the following: