Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01147:reg:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01147
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5
Character Range: 7774–9456

5  Purpose and objects
 (1) For subsection 147(1) of the Act, this Determination imposes requirements on:
 (a) carriers;
 (b) carriage service providers;
 (c) emergency call persons;
  in relation to emergency call services.
 (2) The objects of this Determination are to:
 (a) ensure that the highest levels of access, integrity and service continuity of the emergency call service are maintained;
 (b) ensure that controlled networks and controlled facilities are able to successfully carry emergency calls to the emergency call service; and
 (c) ensure that a carriage service provider, as far as practicable, carries emergency calls in a way that would give an end user of an emergency telephone service the appearance of a single national emergency call system.

 Note: To achieve these objects, this Determination includes provisions which require:
             1.         carriers, carriage service providers and emergency call persons to detect and prevent high volumes of non-genuine calls to the emergency call service (see Divisions 2.5 and 3.3);
             2.        carriers, carriage service providers and emergency call persons to supply the most precise location information available for emergency calls to the emergency call service (see Divisions 2.3 and 3.4);
             3.         carriers, carriage service providers and emergency call persons to coordinate communications where there is a disruption to the emergency call service (see Divisions 2.4 and 3.5); and
             4.        carriage service providers to take measures to identify and cease supply of services to mobile phones that are unable to access the emergency call service (see Part 4).