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Submarine Cable (Southern Sydney Protection Zone) Declaration 2007
Telecommunications Act 1997

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Declaration under subclause 4 (1) of Schedule 3A to the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated   12th July 2007

CHRIS CHAPMAN
Chairman

LYN MADDOCK
Deputy Chair

Australian Communications and Media Authority

Contents

 1 Name of Declaration
 2 Commencement
 3 Definitions
 4 Definition of line 5
 5 Application of Declaration 5
 6 Area of the Southern Sydney Protection Zone 5
 7 Nominal location of submarine cables in the Southern Sydney Protection Zone              6
 8 Prohibited activities in the Southern Sydney Protection Zone 8
 9 Restricted activities in the Southern Sydney Protection Zone 8

1 Name of Declaration

  This Declaration is the Submarine Cable (Southern Sydney Protection Zone) Declaration 2007.

2 Commencement

  This Declaration commences on 1 October 2007.

3 Definitions

  In this Declaration:
abalone spatula means a device that:
 (a) has a blade that is broad, flat and flexible; and
 (b) is used to pry abalone from the seabed.
ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.
anchor chain assembly means a length of chain that connects an anchor with an anchor line.
anchor line means a rope or chain used to suspend an anchor from a ship.
Australia has the same meaning as in clause 2 of Schedule 3A to the Act.
Australian waters has the meaning given by clause 2 of Schedule 3A to the Act.
bar means the unit of measurement for ultrasonic pressure waves.
beach safety meshing net has the meaning given by clause 42 of the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2002 (NSW) as in force when this instrument commenced.
benthos means animals or plants that:
 (a) are sedentary; and
 (b) live on the seabed.
branching unit means any part of a submarine cable that allows the cable to branch.
breaking strain, in relation to an object, means the force required for an object to break.
cable carrier, in relation to a submarine cable that is within the Southern Sydney Protection Zone, means:
 (a) if a submarine cable is a network unit — the carrier that owns or jointly owns the cable, or is named in a nominated carrier declaration that is in force in relation to the cable; or
 (b) if a submarine cable is not a network unit and was installed after the commencement of Schedule 3A of the Act — a carrier that held a protection zone installation permit under Schedule 3A to install the cable in the protection zone; or
 (c) in any other case — the carrier that owns, or jointly owns, a network unit that is immediately connected to the cable, or is named in a nominated carrier