Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) ACT 1999 - SECT 13

(a) if the regulations prescribe customer equipment for the purposes of this paragraph--whichever of the following is applicable:

(i) that customer equipment;

(ii) if other customer equipment is supplied, instead of the first-mentioned customer equipment, in order to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 --that other customer equipment; and

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply--whichever of the following is applicable:

(i) a telephone handset that does not have switching functions;

(ii) if other customer equipment is supplied, instead of such a handset, in order to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 --that other customer equipment; and

(c) other goods of a kind specified in the regulations; and

(d) services of a kind specified in the regulations;

(2) A reference in this Part to the supply of a standard telephone service includes a reference to the supply, to a person with a disability, of:

(a) customer equipment of a kind specified in the regulations; and

(b) other goods of a kind specified in the regulations; and

(c) services of a kind specified in the regulations;

(3) In this section:

disability has the same meaning as in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 .