Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01077:clause:2_151buaaa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01077
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 151BUAAA
Character Range: 84612–86356

151BUAAA  Minister to give direction to Commission about Telstra's wholesale operations and retail operations

 (1) The Minister must take all reasonable steps to ensure that a special Telstra direction is given within 6 months after the commencement of this section.

 (2) For the purposes of this section, a special Telstra direction is a direction under section 151BUAA that:
 (a) relates to Telstra's wholesale operations and retail operations; and
 (b) requires the Commission to exercise its powers under section 151BU to make rules requiring Telstra to:
 (i) keep and retain particular records; and
 (ii) prepare reports consisting of information contained in those records; and
 (iii) give those reports to the Commission; and
 (c) requires the Commission to exercise its powers under at least one of sections 151BUDA, 151BUDB and 151BUDC in relation to those reports.

 (3) Before giving a special Telstra direction in compliance with subsection (1), the Minister must:
 (a) publish a draft of the direction and invite people to make submissions to the Minister on the draft direction; and
 (b) consider any submissions that are received within the time limit specified by the Minister when he or she published the draft direction.

 (4) This section does not, by implication, limit the Minister's powers to give subsequent directions to the Commission in relation to Telstra's wholesale operations and retail operations.

 (5) In this section:

Telstra has the same meaning as in the Telstra Corporation Act 1991.

wholesale operations includes operations in relation to services that Telstra supplies:
 (a) to itself; or
 (b) to other persons, in order that the other persons can provide carriage services and/or content services.