Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742:section:7:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 1/9)
Character Range: 31603–34492

7  Definitions
  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
ACCC means the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
ACCC's telecommunications functions and powers means the functions and powers conferred on the ACCC by or under:
 (a) this Act; or
 (b) the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999; or
 (ba) the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011; or
 (c) Part XIB of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010; or
 (d) Part XIC of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010; or
 (e) any other provision of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, in so far as that provision applies to a matter connected with telecommunications.
For this purpose, telecommunications means the carriage of communications by means of guided and/or unguided electromagnetic energy.
access, in relation to an emergency call service, has a meaning affected by section 18.
ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
ACMA's telecommunications functions means the functions that are telecommunications functions, in relation to the ACMA, for the purposes of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005.
ACMA's telecommunications powers means the powers conferred on the ACMA by:
 (a) this Act; or
 (b) the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999; or
 (ba) Chapter 4 or 5 of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979; or
 (c) the Spam Act 2003; or
 (ca) the Do Not Call Register Act 2006; or
 (d) Part XIC of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010; or
 (e) section 12 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005, in so far as that section relates to the ACMA's telecommunications functions.
ACNC type of entity means an entity that meets the description of a type of entity in column 1 of the table in subsection 25‑5(5) of the Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission Act 2012.
adverse security assessment has the meaning given by section 35 of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.
AFP Minister means the Minister administering the Australian Federal Police Act 1979.
aircraft includes a balloon.
ASIO means the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the eligible Territories.
Australian number has the same meaning as in the Do Not Call Register Act 2006.
authorised infringement notice officer means:
 (a) the Chair of the ACMA; or
 (b) a member of the staff of the ACMA appointed under section 572L; or
 (c) the Chairperson of the ACCC; or
 (d) a member of the staff of the ACCC appointed under section 572L.
base station that is part of a terrestrial radiocommunications customer access network has the meaning given by section 34.
broadcasting service has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
building lot has the meaning given by section 372Q.