Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (ARBITRATION) REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 2

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

"arbitration" means arbitration of a dispute by the ACCC under:

(a) section 267, 269, 335, 351 or 462 of the Act; or

(b) clause 18, 27, 29 or 36 of Schedule 1 to the Act; or

(c) clause 5 or 8 of Schedule 2 to the Act.

"dispute" means a dispute notified under regulation 3.

"member", in relation to the ACCC, includes an associate member.

"party" means a person or body who, under regulation 5, is a party to an arbitration.

"service" means:

(a)

access to a service that is required to be provided under:

(i)

section 267 of the Act; or

(ii)

clause 4 or 7 of Schedule 2 to the Act; or

(b)

access to a carriage service, facility or network that is required to be provided under:

(i)

section 269 of the Act; or

(ii)

clause 17, 33, 34 or 35 of Schedule 1 to the Act; or

(c)

a service that is required to be provided under section 335 or 351 of the Act; or

(d)

compliance with a requirement of a numbering plan mentioned in section 462 of the Act; or

(e)

access to information that is required to be provided under clause 21, 22, 23, 24 or 25 of Schedule 1 to the Act; or

(f)

consultation that is required under clause 29 of Schedule 1 to the Act.

"service seeker" means a person or body:

(a)

seeking to make or vary an agreement about provision of a service to the person or body; or

(b)

whose service provider has changed, or proposes to change, the terms and conditions on which a service is provided by the provider to the person or body.