Telecommunications Act 1997

For the purposes of this section, the designated authority is:

the ACMA; or

if there is a numbering scheme manager—the numbering scheme manager; or

if the ACMA enters into an arrangement with another person under which the other person agrees to perform the functions conferred on the designated authority by this section—that other person.

An arrangement under paragraph (b) may provide for the payment of amounts by the ACMA to the other person.

The designated authority is to maintain a Register in which the designated authority includes:

particulars of numbers that have been allocated to carriage service providers; and

in the case of a number that has been allocated in accordance with an allocation system determined under section 463:

the name of the successful applicant for the allocation; and

the eligible amount in relation to the allocation of the number; and

in the case of numbers that have been allocated otherwise than in accordance with such a system—the names of the persons to whom the numbers were allocated.

The designated authority may include in the Register particulars relating to numbers that are taken, for the purposes of Part 3 of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997, to be held by carriage service providers. Those particulars are to include the names of the carriage service providers concerned.

The Register may be maintained by electronic means.

If the ACMA is the designated authority, 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:

inspect the Register; and

make a copy of, or take extracts from, the Register.

If the ACMA is not the designated authority, a person may, on payment to the designated authority of the fee (if any) specified in the regulations:

inspect the Register; and

make a copy of, or take extracts from, the Register.

For the purposes of this section, if the 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 designated authority gives the person a printout of, or of the relevant parts of, the Register.

If a person requests that a copy be provided in an electronic form, the designated authority may provide the relevant information:

on a data processing device; or

by way of electronic transmission.