62Request for further information

62  Request for further information

 (1) The ACMA may, in writing, ask a registered carriage provider who has made an application under section 60 to give the ACMA further information, no later than 30 business days after the request, on the matters to which the application relates, to allow the ACMA to consider the application.

 (2) The period mentioned in subsection 61(1) does not include a period:

 (3) If the applicant does not give the ACMA the information within the period of 30 business days after the request, the applicant is taken to have withdrawn the application at the end of that period.

Chapter 7—Special rules about smartnumbers

Part 1—Special procedure for initial allocation of smartnumbers

63  Application for initial allocation of smartnumbers

 (1) A registered carriage service provider and a person (the EROU applicant) may jointly apply to the ACMA under this section for the initial allocation of an unassigned unallocated smartnumber.

Note 1: Assigned unallocated smartnumbers are allocated under Part 2 of Chapter 6: see sections 48 to 52.

Note 2: A number allocated under section 65 as a result of an application under this section can become an unassigned unallocated smartnumber again (and another application may be made in respect of it under this section) if the enhanced rights of use are cancelled: see sections 74 to 76, or waived: see section 72.

 (4) 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.

 (5) The amount of charge (if any) imposed on the allocation of the smartnumbers by Part 2 of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997 must be paid when the application is made. The charge may be paid by the EROU applicant on behalf of the registered carriage service provider.

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