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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 360A

Definitions

    In this Part:

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

"building redevelopment project" has the meaning given by section   360Y.

"designated day" means the day on which a declaration is made under paragraph   48(1)(c) or (2)(a) of the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .

Note:   The declaration will state that, in the Minister's opinion, the national broadband network should be treated as built and fully operational.

"designated service area" has the meaning given by section   360L.

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

"GDA94" means Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994.

"general service area" has the meaning given by section   360F.

"interim NBN service area" has the meaning given by section   360D.

"NBN Co" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .

"nominated service area" has the meaning given by section   360H or 360J.

"project area" , for a building redevelopment project, has the meaning given by section   360Y.

"provisional interim NBN service area" has the meaning given by section   360D.

"provisional nominated service area" has the meaning given by section   360H.

"qualifying carriage service" means:

  (a)   a qualifying fixed - line carriage service; or

  (b)   a qualifying fixed wireless carriage service; or

  (c)   a qualifying satellite carriage service.

"qualifying fixed-line carriage service" means a carriage service, where:

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

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

  (c)   the peak download transmission speed of the carriage service is at least 25 megabits per second; and

  (d)   the peak upload transmission speed of the carriage service is at least 5 megabits per second.

"qualifying fixed-line telecommunications network" means a telecommunications network that is used to supply a qualifying fixed - line carriage service to customers in Australia.

"qualifying fixed wireless carriage service" has the meaning given by section   360AA.

"qualifying satellite carriage service" means a carriage service, where:

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

  (b)   the carriage service is supplied using a satellite; and

  (c)   the peak download transmission speed of the carriage service is at least 25 megabits per second; and

  (d)   the peak upload transmission speed of the carriage service is at least 5 megabits per second;

but does not include a public mobile telecommunications service.

"qualifying telecommunications network" means a telecommunications network that is used, or proposed to be used, to supply a qualifying carriage service to customers, or prospective customers, in Australia.

"relevant service area" , in relation to a statutory infrastructure provider, means a service area for which the provider is the statutory infrastructure provider.

"request" includes a notional request by a corporation (in its capacity as a carriage service provider) to itself (in its capacity as a carrier).

"service area" has the meaning given by section   360C.

"statutory infrastructure provider" :

  (a)   for an interim NBN service area--has the meaning given by section   360E; or

  (b)   for the general service area--has the meaning given by section   360G; or

  (c)   for a nominated service area--has the meaning given by section   360K; or

  (d)   for a designated service area--has the meaning given by section   360L.

"TAB vector format" means the MapInfo proprietary format that contains a spatial representation of data using points, lines, and polygons.


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