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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) ACT 1999 - SECT 9C

Payphones

    For the purposes of this Part, a payphone is a fixed telephone that:

  (a)   is a means by which a standard telephone service is supplied; and

  (b)   when in normal working order, cannot be used to make a telephone call (other than a free call or a call made with operator assistance) unless, as payment for the call, or to enable payment for the call to be collected:

  (i)   money, or a token, card or other object, has been put into a device that forms part of, is attached to, or is located near, the telephone; or

  (ii)   an identification number, or a code or other information (in numerical or any other form) has been input into a device that forms part of, is attached to, or is located near, the telephone; or

  (iii)   a prescribed act has been done.



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