Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 No. 47 of 1997 - SECT 27

(1) If:

   (a)  the same person owns, or the same persons own, 2 or more line links;
        and

   (b)  each of those line links connects distinct places in Australia; and

   (c)  the aggregate of the distances between the distinct places is more
        than the statutory distance; each of those line links is a network
        unit. Note: Statutory distance is defined by subsection (3).

(2) If:

   (a)  the following conditions are satisfied in relation to 2 or more line
        links:

        (i)    the owners of the line links are bodies corporate;

        (ii)   the owners of the line links are all members of the same
               related company group; and

   (b)  each of those line links connects distinct places in Australia; and

   (c)  the aggregate of the distances between the distinct places is more
        than the statutory distance; each of those line links is a network
        unit. Note: Statutory distance is defined by subsection (3).

(3) For the purposes of this section, the statutory distance is:

   (a)  5 kilometres; or

   (b)  if a longer distance, not exceeding 500 kilometres, is specified in
        the regulations-that longer distance.

(4) In this section:
owner means legal or beneficial owner, and own has a corresponding meaning.
related company group means a group of 2 or more bodies corporate, where each
member of the group is related to each other member of the group.

(5) For the purposes of this section, the question whether a body corporate is
related to another body corporate is to be determined in the same manner as
that question is determined under the Corporations Law.