Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01447:reg:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01447
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 17
Character Range: 19216–19944

17  Major outage during natural disasters
 (1) This section applies where the sole or predominant cause of a major outage is a natural disaster.
 (2) A carrier (other than the responsible carrier) or a carriage service provider is not required to comply with any of the requirements in Divisions 1 or 2 in relation to the major outage.
 (3) The responsible carrier is only required to comply with subsection (4) in relation to the major outage.
 (4) The responsible carrier must, as soon as is practicable after the carrier detects the major outage, publish as much of the information in subsection 13(1) as the carrier has available, on its website.

       Part 3—Written procedures for communicating during a major outage