Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) ACT 1999 - SECT 23

             (1)  The ACMA is to maintain a Register or Registers in which the ACMA includes a copy of each of the following documents (indicating whether the document is currently in force):

                     (a)  a determination made under section 11C, (contestable service obligations);

                     (b)  a determination made under section 14 (alternative arrangements for fulfilling the universal service obligation);

                     (c)  an approved policy statement for a primary universal service provider or a competing universal service provider;

                     (d)  an approved standard marketing plan for a primary universal service provider or a competing universal service provider;

                     (e)  an approved ATS marketing plan for a primary universal service provider or a competing universal service provider.

             (2)  The Register or Registers may be maintained by electronic means.

             (3)  A person may, on payment of the charge (if any) fixed by a determination under section 60 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 :

                     (a)  inspect the Register or Registers; and

                     (b)  make a copy of, or take extracts from, the Register or Registers.

             (4)  For the purposes of this section, if a Register is maintained by electronic means, a person is taken to have made a copy of, or taken an extract from, the Register if the ACMA gives the person a printout of some or all of the Register.

             (5)  If a person requests that a copy be provided in an electronic form, the ACMA may provide the relevant information:

                     (a)  on a data processing device; or

                     (b)  by way of electronic transmission.