Telecommunications Act 1997

If the ACMA declares a protection zone under clause 4, or varies or revokes a declaration under clause 23, the ACMA must notify the authorities mentioned in subclause (2) as soon as practicable of the details of the ACMA’s decision to declare the protection zone or vary or revoke the declaration.

The authorities are the following:

the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901;

the Australian Defence Force;

the Australian Federal Police;

the Australian Fisheries Management Authority;

that part of the Defence Department known as the Australian Hydrographic Office;

the Australian Maritime Safety Authority;

the authority administering the business carried on at a port or ports of a State or the Northern Territory, if the port or ports are directly affected by the declaration;

the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority;

the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator;

the Offshore Infrastructure Registrar;

an authority that is:

established by or under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; and

specified in an instrument in force under subclause (3).

The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify one or more authorities for the purposes of subparagraph (2)(g)(ii).