Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY ACT 1997 No. 52 of 1997 - SECT 4

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
ACA means the Australian Communications Authority.
ACA's additional functions has the meaning given by section 8.
ACA's spectrum management functions has the meaning given by section  7. 
ACA's telecommunications functions has the meaning given by section  6. 
appointing authority means:

   (a)  in relation to a member-the Governor-General; or

   (b)  in relation to an associate member-the Minister.
associate member means an associate member of the ACA.
carriage service has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications  Act 1997 .
carriage service provider has the same meaning as in the
Telecommunications Act 1997.
carrier has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
carry has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
Chairman means the Chairman of the ACA.
communications has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act  1997 .
content service has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications  Act 1997 .
customer cabling has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications  Act 1997 .
customer equipment has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications  Act 1997
.
Deputy Chairman means the Deputy Chairman of the ACA.
member means a member of the ACA, but does not include an associate member.
radiocommunications means:

   (a)  radiocommunications (within the meaning of the
        Radiocommunications Act 1992); or

   (b)  a transmission or radio emission covered by subsection 20(1) or
        section 21 or 22 of that Act.
radiocommunications community includes:

   (a)  users of radiocommunications; and

   (b)  persons who sell, hire, manufacture or import:

        (i)    radiocommunications transmitters (within the meaning of the
               Radiocommunications Act 1992); or

        (ii)   radiocommunications receivers (within the meaning of that Act).
telecommunications means the carriage of communications by means of guided
and/or unguided electromagnetic energy.
telecommunications industry has the same meaning as in the
Telecommunications Act 1997.
telecommunications network has the same meaning as in the
Telecommunications Act 1997.