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on, or soliciting votes for, a candidate at the election;

    (b)     matter commenting on, or advocating support of, a political party to which a candidate at the election belongs;

    (c)     matter commenting on, stating or indicating any of the matters being submitted to the electors at the election or any part of the policy of a candidate at the election or of the political party to which a candidate at the election belongs;

    (d)     matter referring to a meeting held or to be held in connection with the election;

'Parliament' means:

   (a)     the Parliament of the Commonwealth; or

   (b)     a State Parliament; or

   (c)     a legislature of a Territory;

'relevant period', in relation to an election, means the period that commences at the end of the Wednesday before the polling day for the election and ends at the close of the poll on that polling day.".

PART 10—AMENDMENTS OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991

Principal Act

36. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Telecommunications Act 19919.

Definitions

  37. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting the definition of "access agreement" and substituting the following definition:

     " 'access agreement' means an agreement made between 2 or more carriers for the purposes of:

       (a)     subsection 137(2) or (3); or

         (b)     one or more supplementary access conditions of one or more general telecommunications licences or public mobile licences;

     and has the additional meaning for which section 156 provides;";

  (b) by inserting the following definition:

     " 'Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman' means the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman appointed under an Ombudsman scheme entered into by the carriers in accordance with the conditions of their licences;".

Properties

  38. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by adding at the end of subsection (1) the following word and paragraph:

             "; and (c) the title to the area is defined by reference to geographical coordinates.";

  (b) by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsections:

     "(3A) The regulations may prescribe the circumstances in which an area of land in relation to which there is a single freehold or leasehold title is not to constitute a property for the purposes of this Act.

     "(3B) Despite paragraph (1)(c), the regulations may prescribe the circumstances in which an area of land, the title to which is defined otherwise than by reference to geographical coordinates, is a property if:

         (a)     the Minister has consulted each general carrier whose interests may, in the Minister's opinion, be affected by the proposed regulation; and

         (b)     in the Minister's opinion, the regulation will not erode unduly the practical value of the general carriers' rights under sections 90 and 92.".

General functions—overall responsibilities of AUSTEL

39. Section 36 of the Principal Act is amended