Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) ACT 1999 - SECT 12D

  (1)   The Minister is taken to have made a determination under subsection   12A(1) that Telstra Limited is the primary universal service provider for so much of the general Australian service area as is not a special determined area in relation to that service obligation in respect of that service obligation.

  (2)   Despite subsection   12A(6), the determination that the Minister is taken to have made is not a legislative instrument.

  (3)   Subsection   (1) does not apply to Telstra Limited unless Telstra Limited is a carrier or carriage service provider.

  (4)   The following provisions have effect:

  (a)   subsection   (1) does not prevent the Minister from making a determination under subsection   12A(1) that a person (other than Telstra Limited) is the primary universal service provider for a service area in respect of a service obligation;

  (b)   if such a determination is in force--that area is a special determined area in relation to that service obligation.

  (5)   The following provisions have effect:

  (a)   subsection   (1) does not prevent the Minister from making a determination under subsection   12A(2A) that each of 2 or more persons is a primary universal service provider for a service area in respect of a service obligation;

  (b)   if such a determination is in force--that area is a special determined area in relation to that service obligation.

  (6)   The following provisions have effect:

  (a)   subsection   (1) does not prevent the Minister from making a determination under subsection   12A(1) that a person (other than Telstra Limited) is the primary universal service provider for the general Australian service area in respect of a service obligation;

  (b)   if such a determination is in force--subsection   (1) does not apply to that service obligation.

  (7)   The following provisions have effect:

  (a)   subsection   (1) does not prevent the Minister from making a determination under subsection   12A(2A) that each of 2 or more persons is a primary universal service provider for the general Australian service area in respect of a service obligation;

  (b)   if such a determination is in force--subsection   (1) does not apply to that service obligation.