Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00735:clause:3_159a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00735
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 159A
Character Range: 180074–181240

159A  Review of operation of Parts 2 and 5 of this Act

 (1) The Minister must cause a review of the operation of Parts 2 and 5 of this Act to be commenced within 3 years after the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Amendment Act (No. 2) 2000 receives the Royal Assent.

 (1A) The review must include an opportunity for the public to make written submissions.

 (2) The review must consider:
 (a) the operation of Parts 2 and 5; and
 (b) whether those Parts best promote the objects of this Act and of Part 2 (as set out in section 3 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 and section 8A of this Act; and
 (ba) whether the contestability regime, and the ability of providers to offer alternative telecommunications services, has resulted in an improvement in technologies and services available to people in rural and remote Australia compared with what is on offer to people in metropolitan Australia; and
 (c) any other matters the Minister considers relevant.

 (3) The Minister must cause a copy of a report of the review to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is completed.