Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2025
117Report on numbers transferred for purposes of numbering charge
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117 Report on numbers transferred for purposes of numbering charge
(1) This section applies to a carriage service provider (the reporting carriage service provider) who holds (within the meaning of this instrument) a mobile number.
(2) The reporting carriage service provider must give a report to the ACMA at the following times:
(a) each time a day is determined under subsection 18(2) of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997—no later than 10 business days after the day that is determined;
(b) if the ACMA requests a report in writing—no later than 20 business days after the request is given.
(3) The report must include the following:
(a) the name of the reporting carriage service provider;
(b) the mobile numbers that the reporting carriage service provider holds at the time of the report;
(c) for each number mentioned in paragraph (b)—the name of each other carriage service provider that holds the number within the meaning of section 17 of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997;
(d) any other information required by the ACMA that relates to the administration of annual numbering charge.
Note: The Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997 sets out, in section 17, when a provider holds a number for the purposes of the annual numbering charge. A different carriage service provider may hold the number within the meaning of section 5 of this instrument.
(4) The report must be in a form approved by the ACMA and must be given to the ACMA by a method approved by the ACMA.