Simplified outline
50 Simplified outline
The following is a simplified outline of this Part:
• A carrier may apply to the ACMA to install a submarine cable in a protection zone.
• A carrier may apply to the ACMA to install an international submarine cable in both:
a protection zone; and
Australian waters that are not in a protection zone and that are not coastal waters.
• A carrier may apply to the ACMA to install an international submarine cable in Australian waters that are not in a protection zone and that are not coastal waters.
• There is a streamlined process for applications for permits to install submarine cables in protection zones. Also, a carrier who installs a submarine cable in a protection zone in accordance with a permit is exempt from certain State and Territory laws.
• It is an offence for a person to install an international submarine cable without a permit in a protection zone, or in Australian waters that are not in a protection zone and that are not coastal waters.
• It is an offence for a person to install a domestic submarine cable without a permit in a protection zone.
• It is also an offence for a person who holds a permit to breach a condition of the permit.
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