Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn this Part:
"alter" , in relation to a telecommunications network or line, has a meaning affected by section 159.
"associate" has the meaning given by section 152.
"business unit" means a part of a corporation.
"close proximity" has a meaning affected by section 162.
"corporation" means a body corporate.
"customer interface" means an interface for the purposes of:
(a) ordering; and
(b) provisioning; and
(c) billing; and
(d) service activation; and
(e) fault rectification;
in relation to the supply of local access line services.
"declared service" has the same meaning as in Part XIC of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 .
"designated carriage service" has the meaning given by section 142BD.
"designated commencement date" means the date on which Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Act 2020 commences.
"electricity supply body" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .
"eligible service" has the same meaning as in section 152AL of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 .
"fixed-line carriage service" means a carriage service that is supplied using a line to premises occupied or used by an end - user.
"functional" includes organisational.
"functional separation undertaking" means:
(a) a standard functional separation undertaking; or
(b) a joint functional separation undertaking.
"fundamental provision" of a functional separation undertaking has the meaning given by subsection 151A(9) or 151C(9).
"gas supply body" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .
"joint functional separation undertaking" means an undertaking under section 151C.
"local access line" has the meaning given by section 158.
"local access line service" means an eligible service supplied using a local access line.
"multi-unit building" means:
(a) a building that has 2 or more units for occupation as a place of residence or business; or
(b) a building in a complex, where each building has 2 or more units for occupation as a place of residence or business.
"national broadband network" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .
"rail corporation" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .
"residential customer" has a meaning affected by section 161.
"retail business unit" of a corporation means a business unit by which the corporation deals with the corporation's retail customers in relation to the supply of local access line services.
"retail customer" means a customer other than a wholesale customer.
"retailer" , when used in relation to a joint functional separation undertaking, means a person identified in the undertaking as the retailer, or one of the retailers, for the purposes of the undertaking.
Note: See paragraph 151C(2)(a).
"sewerage services body" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .
"standard functional separation undertaking" means an undertaking under section 151A.
"State or Territory road authority" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .
"storm water drainage services" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .
"storm water drainage services body" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .
"superfast carriage service" means a carriage service, where:
(a) the carriage service enables end - users to download communications; and
(b) the download transmission speed of the carriage service is normally 25 megabits per second or more; and
(c) the carriage service is supplied using a line to premises occupied or used by an end - user.
"supply" , in relation to a service, includes supply of the service by a corporation to itself. This definition does not apply to subsection 142C(2) or 143(2).
"unsatisfactory compliance record" has a meaning affected by section 142BC.
"upgrade" , in relation to a telecommunications network or line, has a meaning affected by section 160.
"water supply body" has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 .
"wholesale business unit" of a corporation means a business unit by which the corporation deals with its wholesale customers, and its retail business unit, in relation to the supply of local access line services.
"wholesale customer" means a customer that is:
(a) a carrier; or
(b) a service provider.
"wholesaler" , when used in relation to a joint functional separation undertaking, means a person identified in the undertaking as the wholesaler, or one of the wholesalers, for the purposes of the undertaking.
Note: See paragraph 151C(2)(a).
"worker" means an individual who is:
(a) an employee; or
(b) a contractor or subcontractor; or
(c) an employee of a contractor or subcontractor.