8Matters the industry standard must deal with

8 Matters the industry standard must deal with

(1) The standard must:

(a) set out the roles and responsibilities of carriers, carriage service providers and electronic messaging service providers in relation to their telecommunications activities in connection with the operation and administration of the SMS Sender ID Register; and

(b) deal with how communications using sender identifications registered and not registered on the SMS Sender ID Register will be handled by carriers, carriage service providers and electronic messaging service providers.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the following are examples of matters that may be included in the standard:

(a) requirements on carriers and carriage service providers to prevent or disrupt the carriage on telecommunications networks of communications using sender identifications not registered on the SMS Sender ID Register;

(b) requirements on carriers and carriage service providers to flag sender identifications for end users to be able to identify that the sender of the communication is not registered on the SMS Sender ID Register;

(c) requirements on electronic messaging service providers to prevent or disrupt the distribution through carriage services of communications using sender identifications not registered on the SMS Sender ID Register;

(d) requirements on carriers and carriage service providers relating to administrative arrangements for access to the SMS Sender ID Register to verify sender identifications;

(e) requirements on electronic messaging service providers relating to administrative arrangements for access to the SMS Sender ID Register to verify sender identifications.

Note 1: Examples are not exhaustive (see section 15AD of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).

Note 2: The applicability of a particular example will depend on the standard that is determined by the ACMA, and its application to the particular section of the telecommunications industry.