Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 No. 47 of 1997 - SECT 16

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the following carriage services are listed
carriage services:

   (a)  a carriage service between a point in Australia and one or more other
        points in Australia;

   (b)  a carriage service between a point and one or more other points, where
        the first-mentioned point is in Australia and at least one of the
        other points is outside Australia;

   (c)  a carriage service between a point and one or more other points, where
        the first-mentioned point is outside Australia and at least one of the
        other points is in Australia.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a point includes a mobile or potentially
mobile point, whether on land, underground, in the atmosphere, in outer space,
underwater, at sea or anywhere else.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a point that is:

   (a)  in the atmosphere; and

   (b)  in or below the stratosphere; and

   (c)  above Australia; is taken to be a point in Australia.

(4) For the purposes of this section, a point that is:

   (a)  on a satellite; and

   (b)  above the stratosphere; is taken to be a point outside Australia.