Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00044:clause:1_88
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00044
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 88
Character Range: 36505–37798

88  Subsection 9G(5)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
 (5) If, at a particular time, any areas of Australia are not within a universal service area, covered by a determination under subsection (1), in respect of the service obligation mentioned in paragraph 9B(1)(b):
 (a) those areas together constitute at that time a single universal service area in respect of that service obligation; and
 (b) the Minister is taken to have made a determination under subsection (1) to that effect.
 (6) If, at a particular time, one or more of the universal service areas, in respect of which the Minister is taken to have made a determination because of subsection (5), cover the same areas of Australia, then despite that subsection:
 (a) those areas together constitute at that time a single universal service area in respect of the service obligation mentioned in paragraph 9B(1)(b); and
 (b) the Minister is taken to have made a determination under subsection (1) to that effect.
 (7) A determination under this section is a legislative instrument.
 (8) Despite subsection (7), a determination that the Minister is taken to have made is not a legislative instrument.
 (9) The Minister must cause a determination that the Minister is taken to have made to be published on the Department's website.