Commonwealth of Australia

Telecommunications Act 1997

Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997 (Amendment No. 1 of 2012)

I, STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, make the following Determination under subclause 6(3) of Schedule 3 to the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated 20 November 2012

STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY

Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

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1              Name of Determination

This Determination is the Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997 (Amendment No. 1 of 2012).

2              Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

3              Variation

The Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997 is amended as set out in the Schedule to this Determination.

Schedule  Amendments

[1] Subsection 3.1(4)

omit the subsection, substitute

(4)    A facility that is ancillary to a facility covered by subsection (1) is also a low-impact facility only if it is:

(a)   necessary for the operation or proper functioning of the low-impact facility; or

(b)  installed, or to be installed, solely to ensure the protection or safety of:

                        (i)   the low-impact facility;

                        (ii)  a facility covered by paragraph (a); or

                        (iii)  persons or property in close proximity to the low-impact

facility.