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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) ACT 1999 - SECT 9A

Determinations of what is necessary to ensure reasonable accessibility

             (1)  The Minister may determine in writing for the purpose of paragraph 9(1)(a) what is, or is not, necessary to ensure that standard telephone services are reasonably accessible as mentioned in that paragraph.

             (2)  The Minister may determine in writing, for the purpose of paragraph 9(1)(b), what is, or is not, necessary to ensure that payphones are reasonably accessible as mentioned in that paragraph, including:

                     (a)  criteria for determining the locations of payphones; and

                     (b)  the process for public consultation on the location of payphones; and

                     (c)  the process for resolution of any complaints about the location of payphones.

             (3)  The Minister may determine in writing, for the purpose of paragraph 9(1)(c), what is, or is not, necessary to ensure that prescribed carriage services are reasonably accessible as mentioned in that paragraph.

             (4)  Subsection 9(3) and subsection (2) of this section do not limit the generality of one another.

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



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