Telecommunications Act 1997
E948518
The Telecommunications Act 1997 is a key Australian law that regulates the telecommunications industry, including licensing, consumer protections, and industry standards for carriers and service providers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Telecommunications Act 1997 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11825167 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Telecommunications Act 1997 Context triple: [Australian Communications and Media Authority, enforces, Telecommunications Act 1997]
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A.
Telecommunications Act of 1996
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a major U.S. federal law that overhauled communications regulation to promote competition and deregulation in broadcasting, cable, and telephone services, including the emerging internet.
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B.
Telecommunications Act (Canada)
The Telecommunications Act (Canada) is the primary federal statute that regulates telecommunications services and carriers in Canada, defining the powers and responsibilities of regulators and industry participants.
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C.
Communications Act 2003
The Communications Act 2003 is a major UK law that overhauled regulation of broadcasting and telecommunications, creating a unified framework for electronic communications and media services.
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D.
Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984
The Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 is a U.S. federal law that established a comprehensive regulatory framework for the cable television industry, defining the roles of federal, state, and local authorities and setting rules for franchising, rates, and consumer protections.
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E.
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 is an Australian federal law that regulates when and how government agencies can lawfully intercept and access telecommunications for law enforcement and national security purposes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Telecommunications Act 1997 Target entity description: The Telecommunications Act 1997 is a key Australian law that regulates the telecommunications industry, including licensing, consumer protections, and industry standards for carriers and service providers.
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A.
Telecommunications Act of 1996
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a major U.S. federal law that overhauled communications regulation to promote competition and deregulation in broadcasting, cable, and telephone services, including the emerging internet.
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B.
Telecommunications Act (Canada)
The Telecommunications Act (Canada) is the primary federal statute that regulates telecommunications services and carriers in Canada, defining the powers and responsibilities of regulators and industry participants.
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C.
Communications Act 2003
The Communications Act 2003 is a major UK law that overhauled regulation of broadcasting and telecommunications, creating a unified framework for electronic communications and media services.
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D.
Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984
The Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 is a U.S. federal law that established a comprehensive regulatory framework for the cable television industry, defining the roles of federal, state, and local authorities and setting rules for franchising, rates, and consumer protections.
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E.
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 is an Australian federal law that regulates when and how government agencies can lawfully intercept and access telecommunications for law enforcement and national security purposes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian federal statute
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telecommunications law ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
carriage services supplied to the public
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telecommunications equipment used in public networks ⓘ telecommunications network operators ⓘ |
| contains |
provisions on carrier licences
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provisions on numbering administration ⓘ provisions on record-keeping and information disclosure ⓘ provisions on service provider rules ⓘ provisions on technical standards for telecommunications ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Australian Communications and Media Authority
NERFINISHED
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs |
conditions for carrier licences
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development of industry codes and standards ⓘ obligations of carriage service providers ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| legislature | Parliament of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to encourage the economically efficient use of and investment in telecommunications infrastructure
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to promote the long-term interests of end-users of carriage services ⓘ to provide a regulatory framework for telecommunications in Australia ⓘ to support industry self-regulation through codes and standards ⓘ |
| regulates |
carriage service providers
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carriers ⓘ content service providers ⓘ telecommunications facilities ⓘ telecommunications industry in Australia ⓘ telecommunications networks ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
NERFINISHED
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Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | Telecommunications Act 1991 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
carrier licensing regime
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consumer protection provisions for telecommunications ⓘ industry codes and standards framework ⓘ interception capability obligations for carriers ⓘ network access and interconnection rules ⓘ numbering plan for telecommunications services ⓘ provisions on emergency call services ⓘ provisions on enforcement and penalties ⓘ provisions on industry self-regulation ⓘ provisions on numbering allocation and portability ⓘ provisions on protection of communications ⓘ rules for installation of telecommunications facilities ⓘ universal service arrangements for telecommunications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Telecommunications Act 1997 Description of subject: The Telecommunications Act 1997 is a key Australian law that regulates the telecommunications industry, including licensing, consumer protections, and industry standards for carriers and service providers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.