53Application for allocation of numbers

53  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 or numbers if:

 (a) the number or numbers have not been listed by the ACMA under section 47 as available for allocation; or

 (b) the application is not for a multiple of standard units of the type of number applied for.

Note: For the definition of standard unit, see section 5. The quantity of numbers in a standard unit, which depends on the type of number, is set out in Schedule 7.

 (2) 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.

 (3) A registered carriage service provider may not apply for the allocation of a shared number.

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

 (5) An application for a freephone number or a local rate number must specify whether it is for:

 (a) an allocation for 14 days; or

 (b) an allocation for 90 days; or

 (c) an allocation without a time limit.

 (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.