Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, declare that:
(a) a specified area is a designated service area for the purposes of this Part; and
(b) a specified carrier or carriage service provider is the statutory infrastructure provider for the designated service area for the purposes of this Part.
Note 1: For variation and revocation, see subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
Note 2: For the format of the description of the area, see section 360LA.
Designated service area--multiple statutory infrastructure providers
(2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, declare that:
(a) a specified area is a designated service area for the purposes of this Part; and
(b) each of 2 or more specified persons is a statutory infrastructure provider for the designated service area for the purposes of this Part.
Note 1: For variation and revocation, see subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
Note 2: For the format of the description of the area, see section 360LA.
(3) The Minister must not specify a person in a declaration under subsection (2) unless the person is a carrier or carriage service provider.
(4) If:
(a) an obligation is imposed by or under this Part on a statutory infrastructure provider for a designated service area; and
(b) there are 2 or more statutory infrastructure providers for the designated service area;
then:
(c) that obligation is imposed on each of those statutory infrastructure providers, but may be discharged by any of those statutory infrastructure providers; and
(d) if the obligation is complied with by any of those statutory infrastructure providers--the obligation is taken to have been complied with by the other statutory infrastructure provider or providers.