Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742:section:27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 27
Character Range: 77854–79446

27  Multiple line links connecting distinct places in Australia
 (1) If:
 (a) the same person owns, or the same persons own, 2 or more line links; and
 (b) each of those line links connects distinct places in Australia; and
 (c) the aggregate of the distances between the distinct places is more than the statutory distance;
each of those line links is a network unit.
Note: Statutory distance is defined by subsection (3).
 (2) If:
 (a) the following conditions are satisfied in relation to 2 or more line links:
 (i) the owners of the line links are bodies corporate;
 (ii) the owners of the line links are all members of the same related company group; and
 (b) each of those line links connects distinct places in Australia; and
 (c) the aggregate of the distances between the distinct places is more than the statutory distance;
each of those line links is a network unit.
Note: Statutory distance is defined by subsection (3).
 (3) For the purposes of this section, the statutory distance is:
 (a) 5 kilometres; or
 (b) if a longer distance, not exceeding 500 kilometres, is specified in the regulations—that longer distance.
 (4) In this section:
owner means legal or beneficial owner, and own has a corresponding meaning.
related company group means a group of 2 or more bodies corporate, where each member of the group is related to each other member of the group.
 (5) For the purposes of this section, the question whether a body corporate is related to another body corporate is to be determined in the same manner as that question is determined under the Corporations Act 2001.