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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 142A

Definitions

    In this Part:

"alter" , in relation to a telecommunications network or line, has a meaning affected by section   159.

"associate" has the meaning given by section   152.

"business unit" means a part of a corporation.

"close proximity" has a meaning affected by section   162.

"corporation" means a body corporate.

"customer interface" means an interface for the purposes of:

  (a)   ordering; and

  (b)   provisioning; and

  (c)   billing; and

  (d)   service activation; and

  (e)   fault rectification;

in relation to the supply of local access line services.

"declared service" has the same meaning as in Part   XIC of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 .

"designated carriage service" has the meaning given by section   142BD.

"designated commencement date" means the date on which Schedule   2 to the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Act 2020 commences.

"electricity supply body" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .

"eligible service" has the same meaning as in section   152AL of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 .

"fixed-line carriage service" means a carriage service that is supplied using a line to premises occupied or used by an end - user.

"functional" includes organisational.

"functional separation undertaking" means:

  (a)   a standard functional separation undertaking; or

  (b)   a joint functional separation undertaking.

"fundamental provision" of a functional separation undertaking has the meaning given by subsection   151A(9) or 151C(9).

"gas supply body" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .

"joint functional separation undertaking" means an undertaking under section   151C.

"local access line" has the meaning given by section   158.

"local access line service" means an eligible service supplied using a local access line.

"multi-unit building" means:

  (a)   a building that has 2 or more units for occupation as a place of residence or business; or

  (b)   a building in a complex, where each building has 2 or more units for occupation as a place of residence or business.

"national broadband network" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .

"rail corporation" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .

"residential customer" has a meaning affected by section   161.

"retail business unit" of a corporation means a business unit by which the corporation deals with the corporation's retail customers in relation to the supply of local access line services.

"retail customer" means a customer other than a wholesale customer.

"retailer" , when used in relation to a joint functional separation undertaking, means a person identified in the undertaking as the retailer, or one of the retailers, for the purposes of the undertaking.

Note:   See paragraph   151C(2)(a).

"sewerage services body" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .

"standard functional separation undertaking" means an undertaking under section   151A.

"State or Territory road authority" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .

"storm water drainage services" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .

"storm water drainage services body" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .

"superfast carriage service" means a carriage service, where:

  (a)   the carriage service enables end - users to download communications; and

  (b)   the download transmission speed of the carriage service is normally 25 megabits per second or more; and

  (c)   the carriage service is supplied using a line to premises occupied or used by an end - user.

"supply" , in relation to a service, includes supply of the service by a corporation to itself. This definition does not apply to subsection   142C(2) or 143(2).

"unsatisfactory compliance record" has a meaning affected by section   142BC.

"upgrade" , in relation to a telecommunications network or line, has a meaning affected by section   160.

"water supply body" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .

"wholesale business unit" of a corporation means a business unit by which the corporation deals with its wholesale customers, and its retail business unit, in relation to the supply of local access line services.

"wholesale customer" means a customer that is:

  (a)   a carrier; or

  (b)   a service provider.

"wholesaler" , when used in relation to a joint functional separation undertaking, means a person identified in the undertaking as the wholesaler, or one of the wholesalers, for the purposes of the undertaking.

Note:   See paragraph   151C(2)(a).

"worker" means an individual who is:

  (a)   an employee; or

  (b)   a contractor or subcontractor; or

  (c)   an employee of a contractor or subcontractor.


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