Bill
Radiocommunications Legislation Amendment (Reform and Modernisation) Bill 2020
passed, as at 2020-12-17. Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-08-27
- second reading — 2020-08-27
- second reading — 2020-11-11
- second reading — 2020-11-12
- third reading — 2020-11-12
- introduced — 2020-11-12
- second reading — 2020-11-12
- second reading — 2020-12-08
- third reading — 2020-12-08
- passed — 2020-12-08
- royal assent — 2020-12-17
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-08-27.
This bill updates Australia's radio communication laws based on a 2015 review of spectrum use.
It would give the communications regulator more freedom to manage radio frequencies while reducing the minister's daily involvement, and require annual work plans.
The maximum licence period for both apparatus and spectrum licences would increase to 20 years.
- Clarify the goals of the radio communications law and the roles of the minister and the regulator.
- Make it easier to assign and reassign radio frequencies.
- Reduce regulatory barriers between different licence types.
- Better match the law to modern spectrum needs and supply chains.
- Introduce a modern compliance and enforcement system with a wider range of penalties.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority, the minister with responsibility for radio communications, and users of radio spectrum.
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