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AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY ACT 2005 - SECT 3 Definitions

AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY ACT 2005 - SECT 3

Definitions

    In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"ACMA" means the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

"ACMA official" means:

  (a)   a member; or

  (b)   an associate member; or

  (c)   a member of the ACMA staff; or

  (d)   a person whose services are made available to the ACMA under subsection   55(1).

"ACMA staff" means the staff described in section   54.

"additional functions" , in relation to the ACMA, has the meaning given by section   11.

"appointer" means:

  (a)   for a member--the Governor - General; or

  (b)   for an associate member--the Minister.

"associate member" means an associate member of the ACMA.

"authorised disclosure information" means:

  (a)   information that was given in confidence to the ACMA in connection with the performance of any of the ACMA's functions or the exercise of any of its powers; or

  (b)   information that was obtained by the ACMA as a result of the exercise of any of its powers under:

  (i)   Part   2, 5, 7 or 13 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 ; or

  (ia)   Part   3, 4 or 5 of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 ; or

  (ii)   Chapter   3, 5 or 6 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 ; or

  (iii)   Part   3, 6, 21, 26 or 27 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 ; or

  (iv)   Schedule   3A to the Telecommunications Act 1997 ; or

  (v)   Part   2 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 ; or

  (c)   information that was obtained by the ACMA as a result of the exercise of powers under a provision that:

  (i)   allows the ACMA or an ACMA official to require a person to give information or to produce a document; and

  (ii)   is a provision of an Act or a legislative instrument; and

  (iii)   is not a provision described in paragraph   (b); or

  (d)   information that was given in confidence to the ACMA by a government authority of a foreign country.

"broadcasting, content and datacasting functions" , in relation to the ACMA, has the meaning given by section   10.

"carriage service provider" has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997 .

"carrier" has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997 .

"Chair" means the Chair of the ACMA.

"contract" includes a deed.

"Deputy Chair" means the Deputy Chair of the ACMA.

"Division" means a Division as described in section   46.

"ends" , in relation to a hearing, inquiry or investigation, has the meaning given by section   4.

"foreign country" includes a region, where:

  (a)   the region is a colony, territory or protectorate of a foreign country; or

  (b)   the region is part of a foreign country; or

  (c)   the region is under the protection of a foreign country; or

  (d)   a foreign country exercises jurisdiction or control over the region; or

  (e)   a foreign country is responsible for the region's international relations.

"gambling service" has the same meaning as in the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 .

"hearing" means a hearing held, or proposed to be held, by the ACMA under Part   13 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 .

"inquiry" means an inquiry held, or proposed to be held, by the ACMA under Part   25 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 .

"investigation" means an investigation conducted, or proposed to be conducted, by the ACMA under:

  (a)   Part   26 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 ; or

  (b)   Part   11 or 13 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 ; or

  (c)   Part   5 of Schedule   6 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 .

"listed carriage service" has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997 .

"member" means a member of the ACMA, and does not include an associate member.

"prohibited interactive gambling service" has the same meaning as in the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 .

"radiocommunications" means:

  (a)   radiocommunications (within the meaning of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 ); or

  (b)   a transmission or radio emission covered by subsection   20(1) or section   21 or 22 of that Act.

"radiocommunications community" includes:

  (a)   users of radiocommunications; and

  (b)   persons who sell, hire, manufacture or import:

  (i)   radiocommunications transmitters (within the meaning of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 ); or

  (ii)   radiocommunications receivers (within the meaning of that Act).

"regulated interactive gambling service" has the same meaning as in the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 .

"spectrum management functions" , in relation to the ACMA, has the meaning given by section   9.

"telecommunications" means the carriage of communications (as defined in the in the Telecommunications Act 1997 ) by means of guided and/or unguided electromagnetic energy.

"telecommunications functions" , in relation to the ACMA, has the meaning given by section   8.

"vacancy" , in relation to the office of a member, has a meaning affected by section   5.