Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00399:reg:5:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00399
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 5/5)
Character Range: 29111–31845

only remain activated for a maximum period of 30 days unless a longer period is approved in writing by the ACMA.
 (3) An approval by the ACMA under paragraph (2)(c) may apply to an individual prepaid mobile carriage service, or to a class of prepaid mobile carriage services.

      Note   A decision regarding an approval under paragraph 3.2(2)(c) may be reviewed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal after a process of internal reconsideration by the ACMA under Part 29 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
 (4) In this section:
  family violence has the same meaning as in section 4AB of the Family Law Act 1975.
  family violence-affected individual means an individual who has been affected by family violence and, as a result, is unable or unwilling to inhabit or access their principal place of residence.
family violence assistance organisation means an entity, registered on the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission register, that provides assistance and support in the aftermath of family violence to a family violence-affected individual.

Part 4 Rules for obtaining information and verifying the identity of customers
4.1 Application of Part 4
  This Part sets out the rules with which a carriage service provider must comply in relation to obtaining identifying information from, and verifying the identity of, a customer of a prepaid mobile carriage service for the purposes of paragraph 2.3(1)(a).
4.2 Requirements to be satisfied before service is activated
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the carriage service provider must not activate the prepaid mobile carriage service unless the provider has:
         (a)       obtained information from the customer in accordance with section 4.3; and
         (b)       verified the identity of the customer in accordance with section 4.4 or 4.5, whichever is applicable.
 (2) The rule in subsection (1) does not apply where:
         (a)       the carriage service provider has activated the prepaid mobile carriage service at the same time as, or immediately before, the provider receives confirmation that the service activator's specified financial account is active in accordance with paragraph (2)(c) and subitem (4) of item 4 of Schedule 1; or
         (b)       the carriage service provider has temporarily activated the prepaid mobile carriage service in accordance with paragraph (2)(c) of item 5 of Schedule 1.

4.3 Information to be obtained from the customer

    The carriage service provider must obtain the information specified in Table 2 below from the customer of a prepaid mobile carriage service:

    Table 2 – Kind of information to be obtained

Item  Topic                                                    Description of information