Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of Senator the Hon. Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts)Schedule 2 - General amendments to change abbreviated references
Schedule 2 to the Bill contains general amendments to change abbreviated references to the ACA and the ABA to an abbreviated reference to the ACMA in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983, the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, the Radiocommunications Act 1992, the Radiocommunications Taxes Collection Act 1983, the Spam Act 2003, the Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991, the Telecommunications Act 1997, the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999, the Telstra Corporation Act 1991 and the Trade Practices Act 1974. References in Acts to the Australian Communications Authority or the Australian Broadcasting Authority are amended by Schedule 1 to the Bill. Schedule 1 to the Bill also contains amendments to provisions in Acts that currently provide for interaction between the ACA and ABA (for example, section 31 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 - see item 75 of Schedule 1).
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