Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1989No. 53, 1989 - SECT 59

59. (1) Subject to this section and section 60, OTC has the exclusive right to
supply reserved services between places within Australia and places outside
Australia.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), AUSSAT may, by means of satellite-based
facilities, supply reserved services (other than public switched
telecommunications services) between places within Australia and places
outside Australia.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), a prescribed international telecommunications
supplier who is entitled to use satellite-based facilities operated by AUSSAT
may use the facilities to supply reserved services (other than public switched
telecommunications services) between places within Australia and places
outside Australia.

(4) Services supplied under subsection (2) by AUSSAT, or under subsection (3)
by a prescribed international telecommunications supplier, shall be supplied
only within the limits of AUSSAT's satellite footprint as at the commencement
of this section.

(5) Subsection (1) does not prevent Telecom or AUSSAT from supplying a
reserved service for OTC.