Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974 - SECT 152CH

             (1)  The Minister may make a written determination setting out principles dealing with price‑related terms and conditions relating to the standard access obligations. The determination is to be known as a Ministerial pricing determination .

Note 1A:    Subsection 152AQA(7) provides that a determination under section 152AQA has no effect to the extent that the determination is inconsistent with any Ministerial pricing determination.

Note 1B:    Subsection 152AQB(9) provides that a determination under section 152AQB has no effect to the extent that the determination is inconsistent with any Ministerial pricing determination.

Note 2:       Subsection 152BK(3) provides that the Commission must not make a telecommunications access code unless the code is consistent with any Ministerial pricing determination.

Note 3:       Subsection 152BV(2) provides that the Commission must not accept an ordinary access undertaking dealing with price or a method of ascertaining price unless the undertaking is consistent with any Ministerial pricing determination.

Note 3A:    Subsection 152CBD(2) provides that the Commission must not accept a special access undertaking unless the undertaking is consistent with any Ministerial pricing determination.

Note 4:       Subsection 152CI(1) provides that a provision of an access undertaking has no effect to the extent that the provision is inconsistent with any Ministerial pricing determination.

Note 5:       Subsection 152CI(2) provides that a provision of the telecommunications access code has no effect to the extent that the provision is inconsistent with any Ministerial pricing determination.

Note 6:       Subsection 152CQ(6) provides that the Commission must not make a determination under Division 8 that is inconsistent with any Ministerial pricing determination.

             (2)  A determination under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

             (3)  In this section:

"price-related terms and conditions" means terms and conditions relating to price or a method of ascertaining price.