Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) ACT 1999 - SECT 11F

             (1)  Until the Minister has done both of the following, the Minister can make determinations under section 11C only in relation to pilot areas (as defined in subsection (2)):

                     (a)  received a comprehensive report, following a public inquiry by the ACMA, on whether a net benefit has accrued from the operation, for a period not less than 12 months, of the standard contestability arrangements in each of the pilot areas;

                     (b)  caused the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 10 sitting days of that House after the Minister receives the report.

             (2)  A pilot area is an area determined in writing by the Minister for the purposes of this section. The Minister may determine a maximum of 2 pilot areas and cannot later change the boundaries of a pilot area.

             (3)  Before the Minister can make any determination under section 11C in relation to a pilot area, the Minister must have determined under section 9G one or more universal service areas that cover the whole of the pilot area.

             (4)  A copy of a determination under subsection (2) must be published in the Gazette .