Bill
Communications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation and Other Measures) Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01. Communications and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Communications and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-03-29
- second reading — 2017-03-29
- second reading — 2018-02-14
- other — 2018-02-14
- second reading — 2018-02-15
- second reading — 2018-02-28
- second reading — 2018-02-28
- committee — 2018-02-28
- other — 2018-02-28
- third reading — 2018-02-28
- introduced — 2018-03-19
- second reading — 2018-03-19
- other — 2019-07-01
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-03-29.
This bill would cut red tape in broadcasting and telecommunications by removing outdated or duplicate rules.
It would change several laws, including the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and the Telecommunications Act 1997, to reduce reporting duties, simplify classification, and let the industry manage phone numbers.
The bill would also remove NBN Co's power to declare it will not install fibre in new developments and repeal the requirement to keep a public register of such statements.
- Remove duplicate reporting requirements for media licensees, publishers and controllers to notify the ACMA of control changes.
- Create a consistent classification system for all television programs, including films.
- Let the telecommunications industry develop a scheme for managing phone numbers.
- End the ACCC's power to issue tariff filing directions to carriers and service providers.
- Repeal NBN Co's authority to issue statements about not installing fibre in new developments.
- Allow NBN companies to sell surplus goods to any person.
Broadcasters, telecommunications carriers and service providers, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and NBN Co.
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