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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION AND ACCESS) ACT 1979 - SECT 210

Examination of lower cost options

  (1)   In undertaking an arbitration under section   209, the ACMA may on its own initiative or at the request of an interception agency, by notice in writing given to a carrier, require the carrier:

  (a)   to examine, at the expense of the carrier, the possibility of a lower cost option than the one designated by the carrier for providing a delivery capability; and

  (b)   to report to the ACMA, within a period specified in the notice, on the results of that examination.

  (2)   If a carrier receives a notice under subsection   (1), the carrier must, within the period specified in the notice:

  (a)   carry out the examination concerned; and

  (b)   report in writing to the ACMA on the results of the examination.

  (3)   A notice given under subsection   (1) is not a legislative instrument.


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