Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00221:clause:1_4:p1
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4  Interpretation
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the definitions section of the Act, including the following:
 (a)    primary universal service provider (section 12A);
(b) satellite service (subsection 106(4));
(c) standard telephone service (section 6);
(d) Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (section 5).
 (1)  In this instrument:
Act means the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

       carriage service provider has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.

       CSG Standard means the Telecommunications (Customer Service Guarantee) Standard 2011.

       national broadband network has the same meaning as in section 577BA of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

       NBN Co means NBN Co Limited (ACN 136 533 741), as the company exists from time to time (even if its name is later changed).
       NBN Co fixed line network means any fixed line telecommunications network that is:
          (a)        deployed as part of, or which otherwise becomes part of, the national broadband network; and

          (b)        accepted into operation by NBN Co; and

          (c)        owned, controlled or operated by or on behalf of an NBN corporation.

       NBN corporation has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011.

       principal place of residence means the place that, as at the date of the request, the person making the request resides, or intends to reside, for 183 days or more per annum.

       Priority Assistance has the meaning given by subsection 19(3) of Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1997.

       public mobile telecommunications service has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.

       request means a request for a standard telephone service made using a primary universal service provider's website, by telephone, or in person at a retail centre.
       specified service has the same meaning as in the CSG Standard.

       (2)   For the purposes of this instrument, premises are excluded premises if the premises satisfy one or more of the following criteria:
       (a) the premises are under construction;
       (b) the premises are not fully completed;
       (c) the premises do not comply with all applicable planning laws;
         (d) the premises are a structure other than a residence, dwelling or business premises (for example, a builder's pole or fence);
       (e) the premises are not self-contained;
       (f) the premises are not a permanent structure;
       (g) the premises do not have access to permanent sanitation facilities;
       (h) the premises are:
              (i)                  a portable home; or
              (ii)               a shelter; or
              (iii)             a shed (including a site shed, dairy shed, farm shed, garden shed, or worker's shed); or
              (iv)              a rotunda; or
              (v)                a lean-to, humpy, or tent; or
              (vi)              a building site office; or
              (vii)            a donga, unless it is a distinct residence of a kind mentioned in subsection (3); or
              (viii)          an elevator;