Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

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

                   For the purposes of this Part, a payphone is a fixed telephone that:

                     (a)  is a means by which a standard telephone service is supplied; and

                     (b)  when in normal working order, cannot be used to make a telephone call (other than a free call or a call made with operator assistance) unless, as payment for the call, or to enable payment for the call to be collected:

                              (i)  money, or a token, card or other object, has been put into a device that forms part of, is attached to, or is located near, the telephone; or

                             (ii)  an identification number, or a code or other information (in numerical or any other form) has been input into a device that forms part of, is attached to, or is located near, the telephone; or

                            (iii)  a prescribed act has been done.