Telecommunications Act 1997

An entity covered by subsection (2) may apply to the ACMA for an approval under this section.

This subsection covers the following entities:

an individual;

a body corporate;

a corporation sole;

a body politic;

a government entity (within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999);

a partnership;

any other unincorporated association or body of persons;

a trust;

a superannuation fund (within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993).

An application by an entity under subsection (1) must:

be made in the form approved under subsection (10); and

contain such information as the form requires; and

be accompanied by the applicable charge (if any) fixed by a determination under section 60 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005; and

comply with any requirements determined under subsection 484L(1) of this Act for the purposes of this paragraph.

Without limiting the requirements that may be determined for the purposes of paragraph (3)(d), the requirements may include the following:

requirements relating to the making of the application;

requirements relating to the verification of the applicant’s identity.

The ACMA must, in writing, grant the entity an approval under this section if the application complies with subsection (3).

The ACMA must, in writing, refuse to grant the entity an approval under this section if the application does not comply with subsection (3).

The ACMA may, in writing, revoke an entity’s approval under this section if the ACMA is satisfied that it would be appropriate in all the circumstances to revoke the approval.

The ACMA must give the entity written notice of a decision under subsection (5), (6) or (7).

The notice must also include a statement about review rights (see section 557).

If the decision was made by the operation of a computer program referred to in subsection 484J(1), the notice under subsection (8) of this section must also notify the entity of the making of the decision by the operation of the computer program.

The ACMA may, by writing, approve a form for the purposes of paragraph (3)(a). The ACMA must publish the form on its website.