Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01140:reg:6:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01140
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 5956–8960

an exemption under Part 3 of this standard or under Part 3 of the 2011 CSG Standard.
       external plant facility means a facility that is:
           (a) not located in a telephone exchange; and
           (b) accessible by a carriage service provider to connect a customer of the carriage service provider to a standard telephone service.
       extreme weather conditions means weather conditions that meet one or more of the criteria specified in Schedule 3.
       fault or service difficulty, in relation to a specified service, means:
           (a) absence of a dial or ring tone; or
           (b) inability to make or receive calls; or
           (c) disruption to communications because of excessive noise levels; or
           (d) repetition of service cut offs; or
           (e) another condition that makes the service wholly or partly unusable; or
           (f) if the service includes an enhanced call handling feature — the feature is not operative.
       guaranteed maximum connection period is a connection period mentioned in section 11.
       guaranteed maximum rectification period is a rectification period mentioned in section 14.
       interim service means a service:
           (a) that provides a customer with:
             (i) a service for voice telephony; or
             (ii) if voice telephony is not practical for a customer with a disability  a service equivalent to a service for voice telephony;
       which may or may not include at the provider's discretion a data capability or any enhanced call handling feature; and
           (b) for which that customer is, or may be, charged an amount for the ongoing supply of that service at the location requested by the customer that does not exceed the amount that the customer would have been charged if the customer were supplied with a CSG service on request; and
           (c) that is supplied to a customer:
             (i) for a period that does not exceed 6 months from the time of the customer's request for the connection of a standard telephone service; or
             (ii) with the agreement of the customer, for a longer period.
       Example of provision of an interim service
       Provision of a mobile telephone service (at standard telephone service rates) to replace a standard telephone service.
       new CSG Standard means this standard.
       performance standard means a requirement under Part 2 with which a carriage service provider must comply.
       rectification period means the period taken to rectify a fault or service difficulty in a specified service, whether in response to a report by the customer or in other circumstances mentioned in Division 3 of Part 2.
       reseller means a carriage service provider who acquires a carriage service from another carriage service provider for the purpose of supplying that service to a customer.
       site means:
           (a) land; or
           (b) a building, or other structure, on land.
       specified service means: