Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The ACMA may, by written notice given to a declared manager of electronic addressing in relation to a particular kind of electronic addressing and a particular kind of listed carriage service, direct the manager to do, or refrain from doing, a specified act or thing relating to that kind of electronic addressing and that kind of carriage service.
(2) The ACMA must not give a direction under this section unless, in the ACMA's opinion, the electronic addressing is of public importance.
(3) In determining whether the kind of electronic addressing is of public importance, the ACMA must have regard to the extent to which the addressing is of significant social and/or economic importance.
(4) Subsection (3) does not, by implication, limit the matters to which the ACMA may have regard.
(5) Before giving a direction under this section, the ACMA must consult the ACCC.
(6) A person must comply with a direction under this section.
(7) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person has been given a direction under this section; and
(b) the person engages in conduct; and
(c) the person's conduct contravenes the direction.
(8) A direction under this section is a legislative instrument.
(9) In this section:
"engage in conduct" means:
(a) do an act; or
(b) omit to perform an act.