Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY ACT 2005 - SECT 9

                   The ACMA's spectrum management functions are as follows:

                     (a)  to manage the radiofrequency spectrum in accordance with the Radiocommunications Act 1992 ;

                     (b)  to advise and assist the radiocommunications community;

                     (c)  to report to and advise the Minister in relation to the radiocommunications community;

                     (d)  to manage Australia's input into the setting of international standards for radiocommunications (except so far as Standards Australia International Limited is responsible for managing that input);

                     (e)  to make available to the public information about matters relating to the radiocommunications community;

                      (f)  to conduct public educational programs about matters relating to the radiocommunications community;

                     (g)  to give advice to the public about matters relating to the radiocommunications community;

                     (h)  such other functions as are conferred on the ACMA by or under:

                              (i)  the Radiocommunications Act 1992 (other than a provision of that Act covered by paragraph 10(1)(p)); or

                             (ii)  the Radiocommunications (Receiver Licence Tax) Act 1983 ; or

                            (iii)  the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Tax) Act 1997 ; or

                            (iv)  the Radiocommunications Taxes Collection Act 1983 ; or

                             (v)  the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983 ;

                      (i)  to monitor, and to report to the Minister on, the operation of each Act specified in paragraph (h), to the extent it is so specified;

                      (j)  to do anything incidental to or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions.