Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1989No. 53, 1989 - SECT 19

19. The functions of AUSTEL include protecting the integrity of the networks,
facilities and services reserved to the carriers and, for that purpose:

   (a)  regulating the boundaries between the reserved and competitive
        facilities and services;

   (b)  monitoring, and reporting to the Minister on, the areas in which this
        Act and the Radiocommunications Act 1983 overlap;

   (c)  regulating competition and relations between the carriers; and

   (d)  regulating the supply of competitive facilities and services.