Multiple line links connecting distinct places in Australia
27 Multiple line links connecting distinct places in Australia
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;
each of those line links is a network unit.
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;
each of those line links is a network unit.
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:
owner means legal or beneficial owner, and own has a corresponding meaning.
related company group means a group of 2 or more bodies corporate, where each member of the group is related to each other member of the group.
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.
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