Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 343

  (1)   This section applies if a certified agreement is in force.

  (2)   A defence authority may prepare a draft variation of the agreement.

  (3)   In preparing the draft variation, the defence authority must consult the carrier or carriage service provider concerned.

  (4)   If:

  (a)   a defence authority has prepared a draft variation of a certified agreement; and

  (b)   the ACMA is of the opinion that, if the agreement, as proposed to be varied, were a draft agreement, the ACMA would certify the agreement;

the ACMA must certify the variation.

  (5)   Before forming an opinion referred to in paragraph   (4)(b) about an agreement, the ACMA must consult the parties to the agreement.

  (6)   After deciding whether to certify a draft variation of a certified agreement, the ACMA must give each of the parties to the agreement a written notice setting out its decision.

  (7)   If the ACMA certifies a draft variation of a certified agreement, the agreement is varied accordingly.