TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991 No. 98 of 1991 - SECT 18 Eligible services

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991 No. 98 of 1991 - SECT 18

18. (1) Subject to this section, a telecommunications service that is supplied
by means of:

   (a)  at least one reserved line link; or

   (b)  facilities including at least one reserved line link; is an eligible
        service.

(2) Subject to this section, a telecommunications service:

   (a)  between distinct places within Australia; or

   (b)  between places within Australia and places outside Australia; that is
        supplied by the use of satellite-based facilities is an eligible
        service.

(3) A telecommunications service (other than a public mobile
telecommunications service or a public access cordless telecommunications
service) that is supplied by a general carrier is not an eligible service.

(4) A public mobile telecommunications service that is supplied by a mobile
carrier is not an eligible service.

(5) The fact that subsection (3) or (4) prevents a telecommunications service
of a particular kind from being an eligible service because it is supplied by
a general carrier or a mobile carrier, as the case may be, must be disregarded
in determining whether a telecommunications service of that kind that is
supplied by a person other than such a carrier is an eligible service because
of subsection (1) or (2).