Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742:clause:3a_50
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3A cl 50
Character Range: 1607797–1609133

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) a protection zone; and
             (b) 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.

Division 2—Protection zone installation permits