Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

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

             (1)  Unless the Minister makes a determination under subsection (2), each of the following is a service obligation :

                     (a)  the obligation referred to in paragraph 9(1)(a) (dealing with the standard telephone services);

                     (b)  the obligation referred to in paragraph 9(1)(b) (dealing with payphones);

                     (c)  the obligation referred to in paragraph 9(1)(c) (dealing with prescribed carriage services).

             (2)  The Minister may determine in writing the service obligations by dividing the universal service obligation in another way.

             (3)  The determination must also specify, in respect of each service obligation, what must be supplied or done in order to fulfil the service obligation.

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