Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742:section:158
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 158
Character Range: 406887–408283

158  Local access line
 (1) For the purposes of this Part, a local access line is a line that is part of the infrastructure of a local access network.
 (2) However, a line does not form part of a local access line to the extent that the line is on the customer side of the boundary of a telecommunications network.
 (2A) Subsection (2) has effect subject to subsection (2B).
 (2B) For the purposes of:
 (a) section 142C; and
 (b) sections 151ZF, 151ZG and 151ZH, to the extent to which they relate to a line to which section 142C applies; and
 (c) any other provision of this Part, so far as that provision relates to:
 (i) section 142C; or
 (ii) section 151ZF, 151ZG or 151ZH, to the extent to which that section relates to a line to which section 142C applies;
if a line in a multi‑unit building is used to supply a superfast carriage service to a residential customer living in a unit in the building:
 (d) the line is taken to be a local access line; and
 (e) the line is taken to form part of the infrastructure of a telecommunications network.
 (3) For the purposes of this section, the boundary of a telecommunications network is to be determined in the same manner in which it is determined under section 22 for the purposes of sections 20, 21 and 30.
 (4) For the purposes of this section, local access network has the meaning generally accepted within the telecommunications industry.