Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1997 (59 of 1997)

Schedule 2   Amendment of the Radiocommunications Act 1992

Part 4   Standards and other technical regulation

32   Subsections 163(2) and (3)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(2) The ACA may make an arrangement with any of the following bodies or associations:

(a) the Standards Association of Australia;

(b) a body or association approved in writing by the Standards Association of Australia for the purposes of this subsection;

(c) a body or association specified in a written determination made by the ACA for the purposes of this subsection;

under which the body or association:

(d) prepares a draft of a standard; and

(e) publishes the draft standard; and

(f) undertakes a process of public consultation on the draft standard; and

(g) reports to the ACA on the results of that process of public consultation.

(3) A copy of an approval under paragraph (2)(b) is to be published in the Gazette.

(4) A copy of a determination under paragraph (2)(c) is to be published in the Gazette.