1Telecommunications (Exempt Activities) Regulations

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Statutory Rules 1991 No. 3561

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Telecommunications (Exempt Activities) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, make the following Regulations under the Telecommunications Act 1991.

Dated 20 November 1991.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

R. F. McMULLAN

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

for and on behalf of the

Minister of State for Transport and Communications

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Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Telecommunications (Exempt Activities) Regulations.

Commencement

2. These Regulations commence on the day that section 116 of the Telecommunications Act 1991 commences.

Interpretation

3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

“Aboriginal person” has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989;

“Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1991;

“carrier” means a carrier referred to in regulation 4;

“Torres Strait Islander” has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989.

Specified carriers

4. For the purposes of subsection 116 (1) of the Act, the following carriers are specified:

(a) a general carrier; and

(b) a mobile carrier.

Exempt activities in which a carrier may engage despite State and Territory laws

5. For the purposes of subsection 116 (1) of the Act, the following exempt activities are specified:

(a) the construction by a carrier of:

(i) a structure whose principal purpose will be to contain equipment that will be connected to a carrier’s telecommunications network; or

(ii) a duct, trench or pit that will contain equipment or a line that will be connected to a carrier’s telecommunications network; or

(iii) a facility; or

(iv) a manhole and associated covering; or

(v) a structure whose principal purpose will be to contain a public payphone; or

(vi) a structure whose principal purpose will be to contain equipment that creates a power supply for the purposes of a carrier’s telecommunications network;