Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00549:section:8cm
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00549
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8CM
Character Range: 79378–80076

8CM  Re‑affirmation of universal service obligation
 (1) The Parliament re‑affirms its intention:
 (a) that all people in Australia, wherever they reside or carry on business, will continue to have reasonable access, on an equitable basis, to standard telephone services and payphones; and
 (b) that the universal service obligation described in section 9 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 should be fulfilled as efficiently and economically as practicable.
 (2) An expression used in this section and in Part 2 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 has the same meaning in this section as it has in that Part.