Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK SALE ACT 1998 - SECT 14

             (1)  Each of the following is a nominated service :

                     (a)  the carriage of broadcasting services, where:

                              (i)  the provider of the carriage service is an NTC or a declared successor; and

                             (ii)  the carriage service is to be provided, to any extent, using assets that are original assets or replacement assets; and

                            (iii)  the carriage service is to be provided for the purpose of analog transmission, or for purposes that include analog transmission;

                     (b)  the carriage of ancillary services, where:

                              (i)  the provider of the carriage service is an NTC or a declared successor; and

                             (ii)  the carriage service is to be provided, to any extent, using assets that are original assets or replacement assets;

                     (c)  the provision of access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers, where:

                              (i)  the provider of the access is an NTC or a declared successor; and

                             (ii)  the sites or towers are original assets or replacement assets.

             (2)  If a carriage service referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is to be provided for the purpose of analog transmission and also for other purposes, then the carriage service is a nominated service only to the extent to which it is to be provided for the purpose of analog transmission.

             (3)  In this section:

"analog transmission" means transmission of a broadcasting service to the public using an analog modulation technique.