Telecommunications (Relay Service Provision for the National Relay Service – Section of the Telecommunications Industry) Determination 2025

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Determination under subsection 110(3) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated: 21 February 2025

Samantha Yorke

[signed]

Member

Cathy Rainsford

[signed]

General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Telecommunications (Relay Service Provision for the National Relay Service – Section of the Telecommunications Industry) Determination 2025.

2 Commencement

This Determination commences at the start of the day after the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The Federal Register of Legislation may be accessed free of charge at www.legislation.gov.au.

3 Authority

This Determination is made under subsection 110(3) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

4 Repeal of the Telecommunications (Relay Service Provision for the National Relay Service – Section of the Telecommunications Industry) Determination 2015

  The Telecommunications (Relay Service Provision for the National Relay Service – Section of the Telecommunications Industry) Determination 2015 [F2015L00366] is repealed.

5 Object

The object of this Determination is to determine the NRSP to be a section of the telecommunications industry for the purposes of Part 6 of the Telecommunications Act.

6 Definitions

  In this Determination:

National Relay Service has the meaning given in section 5 of the TCPSS Act.

NRS means the National Relay Service.

NRSP means a person who provides a relay service for the NRS pursuant to a contract entered into, or a grant made, under section 14 of the TCPSS Act.

relay service means a service that allows a user of the service to communicate with other persons by means of an intermediary that relays communications between the user and the other person or persons.

TCPSS Act means the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

Telecommunications Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

7 Application

  This Determination applies to a person who is a NRSP.

8 Specification of telecommunications activity

  For the purposes of this Determination, the specified telecommunications activity is the provision of a relay service for the NRS.

9 Section of telecommunications industry

Under subsection 110(3) of the Telecommunications Act, it is determined that,
persons:

1.      to whom this Determination applies; and
2.      who carry on, or propose to carry on, the telecommunications activity specified in section 8;

constitute a section of the telecommunications industry for the purposes of Part 6 of the Telecommunications Act, and in accordance with subsection 110(4) of the Telecommunications Act, the section is to be identified as the “National Relay Service Provider”.