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Applicable payphone
   A payphone is an applicable payphone if it is:
       (a) situated at a payphone site specified in a payphone register; and
       (b) provided in accordance with paragraph 9(1)(b) and subsection 9(2A) of the TCPSS Act.
   6 Maximum rectification period
   In these Rules maximum rectification period means the benchmark standard timeframe, in subsection 13(1) of the Payphones Determination, within which a primary universal service provider must rectify a fault or service difficulty in respect of a payphone or payphone carriage service.

   7 References to other instruments

    In these Rules, unless the contrary intention appears:
       (a) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other legislative instrument as in force from time to time; and
       (b) a reference to any other kind of instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time.

       Note 1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, or any other instruments, see section 589 of the Telecommunications Act and section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.

       Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Part 2  Keeping of Records
   8 Records relating to faults or service difficulties
     (1)     A primary universal service provider must, in relation to each report that it receives, or produces, of a fault or service difficulty in respect of:

        (a)     an applicable payphone; or

        (b)     a carriage service supplied by means of an applicable payphone,

        keep a record of the matters prescribed in subsection (2).

     (2) The matters prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) are:

        (a)     if the primary universal service provider produced a report of the fault or service difficulty – the date and time at which the report was produced;

       Note: In some cases, a report of a fault or service difficulty may be automatically generated by a primary universal service provider (see paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Payphones Determination).

        (b)     if the primary universal service provider received a report of the fault or service difficulty –

           (i) the date and time at which the report was received; and

           (ii) if known - the name of the person who reported the fault or service difficulty;

       Note 1: Paragraph 13(2)(a) of the Payphones Determination provides that where a primary universal service provider receives or produces a report in respect of a fault or service difficulty, the timeframes stipulated in subsection 13(1) of the Payphones Determination commence on the day after the day of receipt or production (whichever occurs first).

       Note 2: Paragraph 13(2)(c) of the Payphones Determination provides that if the primary