Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK SALE ACT 1998 - SECT 15

             (1)  The telecommunications access regime applies only in cases where the access seeker is a nominated customer and is seeking access for a nominated purpose.

             (2)  The ABC and SBS are nominated customers for the purposes of:

                     (a)  the carriage of national broadcasting services or ancillary services; and

                     (b)  access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers for purposes connected with national broadcasting services or ancillary services.

             (3)  A non‑profit body is a nominated customer for the purposes of access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers, where that access is for community or educational purposes connected with an open narrowcasting television service.

             (4)  A community broadcasting licensee is a nominated customer for the purposes of:

                     (a)  the carriage of broadcasting services solely or principally for the purpose of supplying the service known as Radio for the Print Handicapped; and

                     (b)  access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers for purposes connected with a community broadcasting service.

             (5)  An emergency service organisation is a nominated customer for the purposes of access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers for purposes connected with radiocommunication transmissions by the organisation.

             (6)  A commercial broadcasting licensee is a nominated customer for the purposes of access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers for purposes connected with providing a commercial broadcasting service in a declared remote area.

             (7)  A non‑profit body is a nominated customer for the purposes of:

                     (a)  the carriage of broadcasting services for the purpose of an exempt re‑transmission; and

                     (b)  access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers for purposes connected with an exempt re‑transmission.

             (8)  A government body is a nominated customer for the purposes of:

                     (a)  the carriage of broadcasting services for the purpose of an exempt re‑transmission; and

                     (b)  access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers for purposes connected with an exempt re‑transmission.

             (9)  The same person or body can be a nominated customer under more than one of the preceding subsections.