Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Act 2020 (47 of 2020)

Schedule 2   Local access lines

Telecommunications Act 1997

26   Section 142A

Insert:

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.

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).

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

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.

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).