Sch 7Content of application for allocation of numbers

Schedule 7 Content of application for allocation of numbers

(section 6.7)

Part 1 Applications for numbers for all types of carriage service

The following information must be included in all applications for the allocation of numbers:

1.1 The applicant’s name, Australian Company Number (if applicable), Australian Registered Body Number (if applicable), postal address and facsimile number, and the name and telephone number of a contact person.

1.2 The name and signature of the person authorised by applicant to request allocation of numbers.

1.3 The numbers requested from ACMA, or the kind of carriage service for which numbers are requested, and the quantity of the numbers requested.

1.4 A statement of whether the applicant is requesting telephone numbers or data numbers.

1.5 A description of the carriage service for which numbers are requested (if possible, using the categories of services mentioned in the plan for the numbers).

1.6 The nature and function of the service for which numbers are requested.

1.7 The date when the applicant expects to start the service for which the numbers are requested.

1.8 The date when the service for which the numbers are requested will stop operating, or date by which the numbers will be vacated (if applicable).

1.9 Details of any other numbers that have been allocated to the applicant, and for which:

(a) any charge under:

(i) the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1991; or

(ii) the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997;

is due and unpaid for at least 3 months after its due date; or

(b) any amount by way of penalty, under a determination made under subsection 468 (4) of the Act, is due and unpaid for at least 3 months after the applicant became liable to pay the amount of penalty.

Part 2 Additional information for applications for geographic numbers

In addition to the information required under Part 1, the following information must be included in an application for the allocation of geographic numbers:

2.1 Whether the requested numbers are numbers of local geographic significance or broad geographic significance.

(This information is only required for areas with separate numbers of broad geographic significance reserved).

2.2 If the applicant is applying for the allocation of numbers of broad geographic significance — the reasons for needing those numbers.

2.3 The standard zone unit for which the numbers are requested.

2.4 The exchange service area for which the numbers are requested.