Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 No. 47 of 1997 - SECT 49

(1) If the sole use of a network unit is use by an electricity supply body to
carry communications necessary or desirable for:

   (a)  managing the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of
        electricity; or

   (b)  charging for the supply of electricity; section 42 does not apply to
        the unit.

(2) If:

   (a)  the principal use of a network unit is use by an electricity supply
        body to carry communications necessary or desirable for:

        (i)    managing the generation, transmission, distribution or supply
               of electricity; or

        (ii)   charging for the supply of electricity; and

   (b)  the remaining use of the unit is use by one or more carriers, or by
        one or more exempt network-users, to supply carriage services and/or
        content services; section 42 does not apply to the unit.

(3) In this section:
electricity supply body means an authority, or a body corporate, that carries
on a business, or performs a function, of:

   (a)  generating, transmitting, distributing or supplying electricity; or

   (b)  managing the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of
        electricity.