Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01147:reg:19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01147
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 19
Character Range: 35012–35943

19  Carriage service provider must ensure an emergency call is carried to the relevant termination point
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a carriage service provider who supplies an emergency telephone service other than an exempt satellite service must ensure that an emergency call made using the service is carried to the relevant termination point for the call:
 (a) on the provider's telecommunications network; or
 (b) if the provider's telecommunications network does not allow direct delivery to the relevant termination point for the call— by another telecommunications network.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if a matter beyond the control of the carriage service provider materially and adversely affects the provider's technical ability to carry the emergency call to the relevant termination point.
Note: Examples of matters that may be beyond the provider's control are described in the note to subsection 12(2).