48Application for allocation of numbers

48  Application for allocation of numbers

 (1) A registered carriage service provider may apply to the ACMA under this section for the allocation of a number that:

 (a) is listed by the ACMA under section 47 as available for allocation; and

 (b) is not held by a carriage service provider; and

 (c) if the number is a smartnumber—is an assigned unallocated smartnumber.

Note:  An assigned unallocated smartnumber is a smartnumber for which there is an EROU‑holder, but which is not allocated under section 51: see section 5.

 (2) A registered carriage service provider may also apply to the ACMA under this section for the allocation of a number that:

 (a) is any of the following:

1.        a freephone number that is not a smartnumber;
2.      a local rate number that is not a smartnumber;

and

 (b) is held by the carriage service provider; and

 (c) was allocated with effect for 14, 30 or 90 days.

 (3) However, a registered carriage service provider may not apply if:

 (a) the registered carriage service provider is liable to pay an annual charge or a late payment penalty; and

 (b) it is at least 3 months after the annual charge became due or the liability to pay the late payment penalty arose; and

 (c) the annual charge or late payment penalty is unpaid.

 (4) The application must be in a form approved by the ACMA.

 (5) Strict compliance with the approved form is required.

 (6) The application must be accompanied by the charge (if any) for the application fixed by a determination under section 60 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005.

 (7) The registered carriage service provider must tender the amount of charge (if any) imposed on the allocation of the numbers by Part 2 of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997.

 (8) An application is not complete unless it satisfies the requirements of this section and section 49.