Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00199:reg:4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00199
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 2/5)
Character Range: 4985–7811

kilometre from any point on the infrastructure of the network (as it stood immediately before 1 January 2011); and
 (G) a fixed‑line network (or any part of such a network) which is:
 (i) owned by a carrier that is also the primary universal service provider; and
 (ii) built (including any extensions made to such a network of less than 1 kilometre from any point on the infrastructure of the network) between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2014 to enable the primary universal service provider to fulfil the universal service obligation; and
 (c) is situated anywhere in Australia.
eligible service has the same meaning as in section 152AL of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
employee, in respect of a wholesale or retail company, includes a natural person who is acting as an agent, or is engaged by the company as a consultant or contractor acting in an equivalent role to an employee or carrying out the role of an employee.
functional separation undertaking has the same meaning as in Part 8 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
geographic extent means the physical location of infrastructure.
large charity customer means a customer that is an incorporated charitable organisation which employs 15 or more employees at any time.
Layer 2 has the same meaning as in the Open System Interconnection reference model for data exchange.
Layer 2 Wholesale Service means a Layer 2 bitstream service that has all of the following characteristics:
 (a) a downstream data transfer rate of 25 megabits per second (peak information rate); and
 (b) an upstream data transfer rate of 5 megabits per second (peak information rate); and
 (c) is able to be used by a carrier or carriage service provider to supply carriage services, including voice telephony, to an end‑user.
local access line has the same meaning as in section 141D of the Act (as that section stood immediately before the commencement of Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Act 2020).
multi‑dwelling unit means a building or buildings where multiple separate units for occupation (from time to time) as a place of residence or business are contained within one complex.
national broadband network has the same meaning as in section 5 of the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011.
operational support systems means any system for service activation, customer support, billing and service fault rectification and similar functions and includes systems for maintaining and recording customer information.
permitted discrimination grounds means discrimination against a carrier or carriage service provider by a specified carrier (or wholesale company, as the case may be) where it has reasonable grounds to believe that the particular carrier or carriage service provider would fail, to a material extent, to