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Telecommunications (Provision of Pre-selection) Determination 2015
Telecommunications Act 1997

This compilation was prepared on 31 August 2015 taking into account amendments up to Telecommunications Numbering Plan (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Arrangements) Instrument 2015 (No. 1).

Prepared by the Australian Communications and Media Authority
              Part 1 Preliminary

    1 Name of determination

    This determination is the Telecommunications (Provision of Pre-selection) Determination 2015.

    2 Commencement

    This determination commences on the day after is registered.

Note   All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.  See http://www.comlaw.gov.au.

    3 Revocations

    The following instruments are revoked:

       (a)          Telecommunications (Provision of Pre-selection for a Standard Telephone Service) Determination 1998 [FRLI No. F2005B00452];

       (b)          Telecommunications (Provision of Pre-selection for Specified Carriage Services) Determination 1998 [FRLI No. F2005B00451]; and

       (c)          Telecommunications (Standard Telephone Service and Specified Carriage Service Exemption) Declaration 1998 [FRLI No. F2005B00455].

    4 Definitions

      (1) In this determination:

       access service deliverer means a carrier or carriage service provider who is required under section 7 or section 8 to provide pre-selection.

       Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

       eligible customer has the meaning given by section 110 of the TCPSS Act.

       eligible local call has the meaning given by section 106 of the TCPSS Act.

       plan means the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015.

       pre-selectable service means a call using a standard telephone service to any of the following:

          (a) a geographic number or local number, that is not a local call;
          (b) an access code specified for use with an international direct dial service;
          (c) a special services number specified for use with an operator service that is a selectable shared number;
          (d) an access code that is specified for use with an international ring back price service;

          (e)     a special services number specified for use with a digital mobile service.

       residential/charity customer has the meaning given by subsection 106(4) of the TCPSS Act.

       TCPSS Act means the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

      Note:  The following words and expressions used in this determination have the same meaning as in the Act (see, in particular, sections 7, 350 and 353):

          * ACMA;
          * carriage service;
          * carriage service provider;
          * carrier;
          * controlled facility;
          * controlled network;
          * end-user;
          * over-ride dial codes;
          * public mobile telecommunications service;
          * standard telephone service.

      (2) Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression used in this determination and in the plan has the same meaning in this determination as it has in the plan.

      Note:  Several terms used in this determination are defined in the plan.  Those terms include the following:

          * digital mobile service
          * geographic number
          * international direct dial service
          * international ring back price service