Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) ACT 1999 - SECT 44

  (1)   For the purposes of this Act, a person is a participating person for an eligible revenue period if:

  (a)   the person was a carrier at any time during the eligible revenue period; or

  (b)   both:

  (i)   the Minister makes a written determination that carriage service providers are participating persons for the eligible revenue period; and

  (ii)   the person was a carriage service provider at any time during the eligible revenue period; or

  (c)   at any time during the eligible revenue period, the person was in a class of persons specified in the regulations.

  (2)   However, a person is not a participating person for an eligible revenue period if the person is of a kind, determined in writing by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection, to be exempt from this section.

  (3)   A determination under subsection   (1) or (2) is a legislative instrument.