Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 136A

  (1)   If a body or association proposes to develop or vary an industry code that:

  (a)   applies to participants in a particular section of the telecommunications industry; and

  (b)   deals with one or more matters relating to the telecommunications activities of those participants; and

  (c)   deals wholly or mainly with one or more matters relating to the relationship between carriage service providers and their retail customers;

the body or association may apply to the ACMA for a declaration that the body or association is eligible for reimbursement of refundable costs incurred by it in developing the code or varying the code, as the case may be.

Note:   For refundable cost , see section   136E.

Form of application etc.

  (2)   An application must be:

  (a)   in writing; and

  (b)   in accordance with the form approved in writing by the ACMA; and

  (c)   accompanied by:

  (i)   an estimate of the total of the refundable costs likely to be incurred by the body or association in developing the code or varying the code, as the case may be; and

  (ii)   a statement breaking down that estimate into categories of refundable costs.

Further information

  (3)   The ACMA may, within 20 business days after an application is made, request the applicant to give the ACMA, within the period specified in the request, further information about the application.

  (4)   The ACMA may refuse to consider the application until the applicant gives the ACMA the information.

Definition

  (5)   In this section:

"business day" means a day on which the ACMA is open for business in the Australian Capital Territory and in Victoria.