Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00900:section:41:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00900
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 41 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 44345–45902

section does not impose an obligation on a carrier after the end of the transitional period.
 (10) Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act 1997 has effect as if subsection (1) of this section were a section of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
 (11) A reference in this section to connecting a service to a network includes a reference to connecting to the network a facility used in connection with the supply of the service.
 (12) In this section, unless the contrary intention appears:
ACCC means the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
carriage service has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
carrier has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
connect means:
 (a) the act of connection; or
 (b) if the connection is already established—continue the connection in existence.
facility has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
eligible service has the same meaning as in section 18 of the Telecommunications Act 1991, as in force before 1 July 1997.
existing carrier means a person who held a general telecommunications licence, or a public mobile licence, that was in force under the Telecommunications Act 1991 immediately before 1 July 1997.
service provider has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
telecommunications network has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
transitional period means the period:
 (a) beginning on 1 July 1997; and
 (b) ending at the end of 31 December 1997 or such later date as the ACCC determines in writing.