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Telecommunications Act 2001

Services provided using networks developed with Crown funding: Undertakings regime and Commerce Act 1986 authorisations - Commerce Act 1986 authorisations in respect of Rural Broadband Initiative 2 and Mobile Black Spot Fund

156AZE: Interpretation for this subpart

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"What special words mean in this part of the law"

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When you read this part of the law, some words have special meanings. MBSF refers to the Mobile Black Spot Fund that the Minister announced on 12 March 2015. RBI2 refers to the extension of the Rural Broadband Initiative that the Minister also announced on 12 March 2015.

A relevant service is a type of telecommunications service that uses special infrastructure. For RBI2, this infrastructure is part of a broadband network that was built using money from the Crown. For MBSF, this infrastructure is a cellular mobile telephone network that was built using money from the Crown.

You are a service provider if you provide a relevant service, which means you offer a type of telecommunications service that uses this special infrastructure. The law was changed by the Telecommunications (Property Access and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017 to include these definitions.

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Commerce Act 1986 authorisations in respect of Rural Broadband Initiative 2 and Mobile Black Spot Fund

156AZEInterpretation for this subpart

  1. In this subpart, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    MBSF means the Mobile Black Spot Fund announced by the Minister on 12 March 2015

      RBI2 means the extension of the Rural Broadband Initiative announced by the Minister on 12 March 2015

        relevant service means,—

        1. in relation to RBI2, a wholesale telecommunications service that is provided using, or that provides access to, infrastructure forming part of a broadband network where infrastructure was constructed with funding provided, in whole or in part, by the Crown as part of RBI2; and
          1. in relation to MBSF, a wholesale service that is provided using, or that provides access to, a cellular mobile telephone network constructed, in whole or in part, with money provided by the Crown as part of the MBSF

            service provider means a provider of a relevant service.

            Notes
            • Section 156AZE: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Telecommunications (Property Access and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 16).