Commonwealth of Australia
Telecommunications Act 1997
Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997 (Amendment No. 1 of 2012)
I, STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, make the following Determination under subclause 6(3) of Schedule 3 to the Telecommunications Act 1997.
Dated 20 November 2012
 
STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
                                                 
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1          Name of Determination
This Determination is the Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997 (Amendment No. 1 of 2012).
2          Commencement
This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
3          Variation
The Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997 is amended as set out in the Schedule to this Determination.
 
Schedule              Amendments
                          
[1]   Subsection 3.1(4)
omit the subsection, substitute
 
(4)        A facility that is ancillary to a facility covered by subsection (1) is also a low-impact facility only if it is:
(a)       necessary for the operation or proper functioning of the low-impact facility; or
(b)        installed, or to be installed, solely to ensure the protection or safety of:
                        (i)         the low-impact facility;
                        (ii)        a facility covered by paragraph (a); or
                        (iii)       persons or property in close proximity to the low-impact
facility.