Telecommunications (Section of Telecommunications Industry) Determination 2003 (No. 1)

Telecommunications (Section of Telecommunications Industry) Determination 2003 (No. 1)

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this Determination under subsection 110 (3) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated         28 May  2003                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           A.J SHAW                                                                                                           

Chair                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      R HORTON                                                                                            

Deputy Chair

[DRAFT ONLY - NOT FOR SIGNATURE]

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Telecommunications (Section of Telecommunications Industry) Determination 2003 (No. 1)Telecommunications (Section of Telecommunications Industry) Determination 2003 (No. 1)Telecommunications (Section of Telecommunications Industry) Determination 2003 (No. 1)Telecommunications (Section of Telecommunications Industry) Determination 2003 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences when it is made.

3 Definitions

  In this Determination:

Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

cabling services means any of the following activities:

 (a) the installation of customer cabling for connection to a telecommunications network or a facility that is used to supply a listed carriage service;

 (b) the connection of customer cabling to a telecommunications network or a facility that is used to supply a listed carriage service;

 (c) the maintenance of customer cabling connected to a telecommunications network or a facility that is used to supply a listed carriage service.

Note    Customer cabling, facility, listed carriage service and telecommunications network are defined in the Act.

4 Specification of telecommunications activity

  For this Determination, the specified telecommunications activity is the supply of cabling services.

5 Section of telecommunications industry

  For subsection 110 (3) of the Act, persons:

 (a) who:

 (i) perform the telecommunications activity specified in section 4 for reward; or

 (ii) propose to perform the telecommunications activity specified in section 4 for reward; or

 (iii) arrange, for reward, for the performance of the telecommunications activity specified in section 4; or

 (iv) propose to arrange, for reward, the performance of the telecommunications activity specified in section 4; and

 (b) to whom the Telecommunications Cabling Provider Rules 2000 do not apply;

constitute a section of the telecommunications industry, to be identified as ‘cabling service operators’.