Telecommunications Act 1997

If:

the same person owns, or the same persons own, 2 or more line links; and

each of those line links connects distinct places in Australia; and

the aggregate of the distances between the distinct places is more than the statutory distance;

Statutory distance is defined by subsection (3).

If:

the following conditions are satisfied in relation to 2 or more line links:

the owners of the line links are bodies corporate;

the owners of the line links are all members of the same related company group; and

each of those line links connects distinct places in Australia; and

the aggregate of the distances between the distinct places is more than the statutory distance;

Statutory distance is defined by subsection (3).

For the purposes of this section, the statutory distance is:

5 kilometres; or

if a longer distance, not exceeding 500 kilometres, is specified in the regulations—that longer distance.

In this section:

For the purposes of this section, the question whether a body corporate is related to another body corporate is to be determined in the same manner as that question is determined under the Corporations Act 2001.