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Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

No. 50, 1999

Compilation No. 44

Compilation date: 1 June 2024

                Includes amendments: Act No. 36, 2024

Registered: 5 June 2024

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 June 2024 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Editorial changes

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Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the Register for the compiled law.

Self‑repealing provisions

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Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Objects and regulatory policy
4 Simplified outline
5 Definitions
6 Standard telephone service
7 Application of this Act
7A Application of the Criminal Code
Part 2—Public interest telecommunications services
Division 1—Introduction
8 Simplified outline of this Part
8A Definitions
8BA Special meaning of standard telephone service
8C Meaning of service area
8J Declaration about alternative contractual arrangements relating to standard telephone services
8K Declaration about alternative contractual arrangements relating to payphones
Division 2—Universal service obligation
Subdivision A—What is the universal service obligation?
9 Universal service obligation
9B What is a service obligation?
9C Payphones
9E Supply of standard telephone services
Subdivision B—Primary universal service provider
12A Determination of primary universal service providers
12B Effect of determination
12C Obligations of primary universal service providers
12D When Telstra Limited is taken to be a primary universal service provider
12E Former universal service provider may be required to provide information to