Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a person if:
(a) the person is:
(i) a carrier; or
(ii) a carriage service provider; and
(b) either:
(i) the person is a Signatory within the meaning of the INTELSAT Agreement because the person has been designated, by or on behalf of the Commonwealth and in accordance with Article II(b) of that Agreement, to sign the INTELSAT Operating Agreement; or
(ii) the person is a Signatory within the meaning of the Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation (Inmarsat) because the person has been designated, by or on behalf of the Commonwealth and in accordance with Article 2(3) of that Convention, to sign the Operating Agreement on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation (Inmarsat).
(2) The Minister may give the person such written directions as the Minister thinks necessary in relation to the person's performance of the person's functions as a Signatory within the meaning of that Agreement or Convention.
(3) The Minister must not give a direction under subsection (2) that relates to the manner in which the person is to deal with a particular customer.
(4) A person must comply with a direction under subsection (2).