Telecommunications (General) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1993

No. 285 1

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Telecommunications (General) Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Telecommunications Act 1991.

Dated 28 October 1993.

 

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

 

D. BEDDALL

Minister for Communications

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Telecommunications (General) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE:

 These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s.48.]

2.   New regulation 6A

2.1   After regulation 6, insert:

Exemptions from requirement to supply basic carriage service in accordance with tariff

 “6A. (1)  For the purposes of subsection 194 (3) of the Act, the following basic carriage services are prescribed:

• (a)

  a basic carriage service provided for a communication:

  • (i)

    that does not originate from a place in Australia; and

  • (ii)

    whose destination is not a place in Australia;

• (b)

  a basic carriage service provided as part of a trial:

  • (i)

    of which AUSTEL has been given notice before the trial begins; and

  • (ii)

    for the purpose of establishing the technical or commercial feasibility of providing a service; and

  • (iii)

    that is of limited duration; and

  • (iv)

    that is conducted in only part of Australia;

• (c)

  a basic carriage service:

  • (i)

    to which an international accounting rate applies; and

  • (ii)

    that is supplied by a carrier to a recognised operator of a public telecommunications network in a country outside Australia.”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 November 1993.

2. Statutory Rules 1991 No. 200 as amended by 1991 No. 425.