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from other
            Carriers to share the Underground Facility.

           (3)  The Second Carrier's request for information must relate
            to a particular location or specify particular locations
            between which the Second Carrier is seeking access.

           (4)  Where an access request for the purpose of installing
            a Second Carrier's Equipment between two locations
            involves a large number of alternative Underground Facilities
            or routes, it may be impractical for the First Carrier to
            provide plans or maps for all available routes. In this
            situation, the Second Carrier may request that the First
            Carrier identify alternative suitable routes and that it
            undertake a subsequent preliminary study assessing
            alternative routes identified by the Second Carrier with
            a view to identifying the most appropriate Underground

           Facility or facilities. The identification of suitable alternative routes may include physical access to facilities, as set out in clause 1.2 of Annexure B.

           (5)  The First Carrier may charge a cost based fee for information
            about alternative routes or for a preliminary study.

           (6)  If information about alternative routes is requested, it must
            be provided within ten Business Days. If a preliminary study
            is requested, the results of a preliminary study must be
            provided within:

              (i)  fifteen Business Days in the case of routes equal to
               or less than 2 kilometres;

              (ii)  twenty Business Days in the case of routes longer than
               2 kilometres and less than 10 kilometres; and

              (iii) twenty five Business Days in the case of routes longer
               than 10 kilometres.

           (7)  Information provided under this clause is subject to the
            confidentiality provisions of clause 2.1 of the main Code.

           (8)  A First Carrier does not have to comply with sub-clause
            1.1(1) of Annexure B if the provision of information would
            breach obligations the First Carrier owes to a third party
            under whose property the Underground Facility has to
            be accessed.

            1.2  Physical access

           (1)  If the Second Carrier seeks to visit an Underground Facility
            for the purpose of making a bona fide Facilities Access
            Application for access to that Underground Facility, it must
            notify the First Carrier of its intention to conduct a physical
            inspection of that Underground Facility and complete a
            Physical Inspection Notification form provided by the First
            Carrier as part of its Information Package. One notification
            may be used for multiple visits to the Underground Facility
            over a period of one month.

           (2)  The Physical Inspection Notification must contain the
            following information:

              (i)  reasons for physical inspection; and

              (ii)  details of the kind and location of the Underground
             Facility to which physical inspection is sought; and

              (iii) the date(s) and time(s) at which the Second Carrier
               wishes to visit the Underground Facility; and

              (iv) other matters as agreed between the parties.

           (3)  Subject to