Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2014

Summary

Introduced with the Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Amendment Bill 2014, the bill: amends the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Act 2012 to remove the requirement for the minister to prepare a statement of estimate of overall levy target amount; repeals the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Act 2012 to abolish the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency (TUSMA); repeals the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997 to remove the redundant universal service levy; and transfers TUSMA’s functions and contractual responsibilities to the Department of Communications; amends the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005, Export Market Development Grants Act 1997 and Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 to make amendments consequential on the regulation of the supply of telephone sex services via a standard telephone service being removed from the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999; Do Not Call Register Act 2006 to enable an indefinite registration period for numbers on the register; Telecommunications Act 1997 to: remove the arrangements for the Australian Communications and Media Authority to register e-marketing industry codes; and reduce obligations on telecommunications providers to provide pre-selection; and Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 to: remove gazettal publishing requirements; and reduce requirements on carriage service providers in relation to customer service guarantees; and makes consequential amendments to six Acts.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	22 Oct 2014
Second reading moved	22 Oct 2014
Second reading debate	25 Nov 2014
Second reading agreed to	25 Nov 2014
Consideration in detail debate Amendment details: 1 Government agreed to	25 Nov 2014
Third reading agreed to	25 Nov 2014

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	01 Dec 2014
Second reading moved	01 Dec 2014
Second reading debate	25 Mar 2015
Second reading agreed to	25 Mar 2015
Third reading agreed to	25 Mar 2015


Finally passed both Houses	25 Mar 2015
Assent Act no: 38 Year: 2015	13 Apr 2015

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Third reading

As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Revised explanatory memorandum

Supplementary explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of representatives

Government [sheet HG115]

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (30/10/2014): Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Committee report (09/02/2015)
Referred to Committee (10/02/2015): Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Committee report (20/03/2015)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

Helpful information

Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

Circulated by members and senators when they propose to make changes to the bill. For details about the outcome of proposed amendments please refer to either the Votes and Proceedings (House of Representatives) or the Journals (Senate).

Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.