Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00366:reg:15:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00366
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 15 (pt 6/8)
Character Range: 22582–25455

numbering scheme means a feature, offered as part of a carriage service, by which:
 (a) a customer of a carriage service provider may establish a series of numbers intended for use by a select group of telephone users; and
 (b) a telephone user in the group may make calls to other users in the group by dialling the established numbers.
Note: Arrangements supporting private numbering plans, including the ability to make calls to numbers established under a plan, may also exist without being part of the supply of a carriage service (e.g. a private network established by a PABX). Those arrangements are not covered by the definition of private numbering scheme.
registered carriage service provider means a carriage service provider registered under section 122.
registered industry code means an industry code included in the Register that ACMA is required to maintain under section 136 of the Act.
register of smartnumbers: see section 78.
registration premium rate service means a premium rate service for which a prospective customer is required to register with the relevant content service provider as a user of that service.
Note: A registration premium rate service may give information or similar services to particular groups of customers, or deny them to particular groups. The restrictions may be related to provisions dealing with age‑restricted content, but this is not the only possible reason.
reviewable decision: see section 127.
routing responsibility: see subsection 113(2).
satellite telephone service means a carriage service with which end‑users make and receive calls via a satellite‑based facility.

scam communication means any communication to a number that has been generated for the purpose of dishonestly obtaining a benefit, or causing a loss, by deception or other means, including but not limited to a communication made through:
 (a) a voice telephony service; or
 (b) a short message service.
signalling point means a node in a network that performs either or both of the following functions:
 (a) originating and receiving signalling messages;
 (b) transferring signalling messages from one signalling link to another signalling link.
signalling point operator means a registered carriage service provider that:
 (a) wishes to operate a signalling point that has at least 1 message transfer part in the international signalling network; or
 (b) already operates a signalling point of that kind.
smartnumber means:
 (a) a freephone number that is specified, as mentioned in subsection 57(2), to be a freephone number that is a smartnumber; or
 (b) a local rate number that is specified, as mentioned in subsection 57(2), to be a local rate number that is a smartnumber.
special services number: see section 31.
specified for use:
 (a) in relation to a geographic number—see subsection 19(4); and
 (b) in relation to a special services