Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 88

             (1)  This section sets out the circumstances in which a carriage service is taken, for the purposes of subsections 87(1), (2) and (3), to be supplied to the public.

             (2)  If:

                     (a)  a carriage service is used for the carriage of communications between 2 end‑users; and

                     (b)  each end‑user is outside the immediate circle of the supplier of the service;

the service is supplied to the public.

             (3)  If:

                     (a)  a carriage service is used to supply point‑to‑multipoint services to end‑users; and

                     (b)  at least one end‑user is outside the immediate circle of the supplier of the service;

the service is supplied to the public.

             (4)  If:

                     (a)  a carriage service is used to supply designated content services (other than point‑to‑multipoint services) to end‑users; and

                     (b)  at least one end‑user is outside the immediate circle of the supplier of the service;

the service is supplied to the public.

             (5)  For the purposes of this section, a designated content service is a content service of a kind specified in a written determination made by the Minister.

             (6)  A determination under subsection (5) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .