Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 404

             (1)  The ACMA may, by written instrument, make rules ( connection rules ) that:

                     (a)  are expressed to apply to specified persons; and

                     (b)  relate to any or all of the following:

                              (i)  the connection of specified customer equipment to a telecommunications network or to a facility;

                             (ii)  maintaining a connection referred to in subparagraph (i);

                            (iii)  the connection of specified customer cabling to a telecommunications network or to a facility;

                            (iv)  maintaining a connection referred to in subparagraph (iii).

Note 1:       A person may be specified by name, by inclusion in a specified class or in any other way.

Note 2:       Equipment or cabling may be specified by name, by inclusion in a specified class or in any other way.

             (2)  A person specified under paragraph (1)(a) is said to be subject to the connection rules .

             (3)  The connection rules may make provision for or in relation to a particular matter by empowering the ACMA to make decisions of an administrative character.

             (4)  An instrument under this section is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .