Telecommunications Act 1997

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:

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:

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:

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.

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:

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:

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.

worker means an individual who is: