TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 90 Exemption from definition--defence

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 90

  (1)   If the sole or principal use of a carriage service is use by, or on behalf of, a defence organisation to carry communications necessary or desirable for defence purposes, subsections   87(1) and (2) do not apply to the service.

  (2)   In this section:

"defence organisation" means:

  (a)   the Defence Department; or

  (b)   the Australian Defence Force; or

  (c)   an organisation of a foreign country, so far as the organisation:

  (i)   has functions corresponding to functions of, or of a part of, the Defence Department or the Australian Defence Force; and

  (ii)   is authorised by the Commonwealth to operate or train in Australia or an external Territory; or

  (d)   a part of such an organisation or body.