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DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 - SECT 50

Telecommunications

             (1)  This Part does not render it unlawful for:

                     (a)  a carrier; or

                     (b)  a supplier of an eligible service;

to discriminate against another person on the ground of the other person’s disability in the provision of telecommunications services through payphones and public payphones.

             (2)  In this section:

"carrier" has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1991 .

"eligible service" has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1991 .

"payphone" has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1991 .

"public payphone" has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1991 .

             (3)  Subsection (1) ceases to be in force at the end of 3 years after the day this section commences.



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