AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY
Telecommunications Act 1997
Paragraph 83(2)(b)
REVOCATION OF NOMINATED CARRIER DECLARATION – Telstra Corporation Limited (NCD 175)
I, Dominic Byrne, delegate of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (‘the ACMA’), acting under paragraph 83(2)(b) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 and being satisfied that:
(a) Telstra Corporation Limited (ACN 051 775 556) was granted a nominated carrier declaration under subsection 81(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 on 10 August 2022 in relation to network units owned by QGC Pty Ltd (ACN 089 642 553) (the ‘Nominated Carrier Declaration’), a copy of which is included in Attachment A; and
(b) Telstra Corporation Limited (ACN 051 775 556) has provided the ACMA with a written notice stating that it does not accept responsibility for the network units for the purposes of the Telecommunications Act 1997;
revoke the Nominated Carrier Declaration under paragraph 83(2)(b) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
Dated: 22 May 2023
Signed: Dominic Byrne
Delegate of the Australian Communications and Media Authority
Attachment A
AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY
Telecommunications Act 1997
Subsection 81(1)
NOMINATED CARRIER DECLARATION
I, Dominic Byrne, delegate of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), being satisfied that:
(a) if this declaration were made, Telstra Corporation Limited ACN 051 775 556 (the applicant) would be in a position to comply with all of the obligations imposed on the applicant in the applicant’s capacity as the nominated carrier in relation to the network units described below; and
(b) the making of this declaration will not impede the efficient administration of:
(i) the Telecommunications Act 1997;
(ii) the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 and regulations under that Act;
declare that Telstra Corporation Limited ACN 051 775 556, holder of carrier licence number 1, is the nominated carrier in relation to the cores of the fibre optic cable or cables owned by QGC Pty Ltd (QGC) ACN 089 642 553 connecting the demarcation point located at QGC’s communications equipment building at the Woleebee Creek Substation to the demarcation point in Telstra’s communications small cell facility at QGC’s Charlie Camp site in the Surat Basin, Southern Queensland.
Dated: 10 August 2022
Signed: Dominic Byrne
Delegate of the Australian Communications and Media Authority