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COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 44B

Definitions

    In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

"access code" means a code referred to in section   44ZZAA.

"access code application" means:

  (a)   an access code given to the Commission; or

  (b)   a request made to the Commission for the withdrawal or variation of an access code; or

  (c)   an application under subsection   44ZZBB(4) for an extension of the period for which an access code is in operation.

"access code decision" means:

  (a)   a decision under section   44ZZAA to accept or reject an access code; or

  (b)   a decision under section   44ZZAA to consent or refuse to consent to the withdrawal or variation of an access code; or

  (c)   a decision under section   44ZZBB to extend or refuse to extend the period for which an access code is in operation.

"access undertaking" means an undertaking under section   44ZZA.

"access undertaking application" means:

  (a)   an access undertaking given to the Commission; or

  (b)   a request made to the Commission for the withdrawal or variation of an access undertaking; or

  (ba)   a request made to the Commission under subsection   44ZZAAB(7) to consent to the revocation or variation of a fixed principle included as a term of an access undertaking; or

  (c)   an application under subsection   44ZZBB(1) for an extension of the period for which an access undertaking is in operation.

"access undertaking decision" means:

  (a)   a decision under section   44ZZA to accept or reject an access undertaking; or

  (b)   a decision under section   44ZZA to consent or refuse to consent to the withdrawal or variation of an access undertaking; or

  (ba)   a decision under subsection   44ZZAAB(7) to consent or refuse to consent to the revocation or variation of a fixed principle included as a term of an access undertaking; or

  (c)   a decision under section   44ZZBB to extend or refuse to extend the period for which an access undertaking is in operation.

"Commonwealth Minister" means the Minister.

"constitutional trade or commerce" means any of the following:

  (a)   trade or commerce among the States;

  (b)   trade or commerce between Australia and places outside Australia;

  (c)   trade or commerce between a State and a Territory, or between 2 Territories.

"declaration" means a declaration made by the designated Minister under Division   2.

"declaration criteria" , for a service, has the meaning given by section   44CA.

"declaration recommendation" means a recommendation made by the Council under section   44F.

"declared service" means a service for which a declaration is in operation.

"designated Minister" has the meaning given by section   44D.

"determination" means a determination made by the Commission under Division   3.

"director" has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act 2001 .

"entity" means a person, partnership or joint venture.

"final determination" means a determination other than an interim determination.

"fixed principle" has the meaning given by section   44ZZAAB.

"ineligibility recommendation" means a recommendation made by the Council under section   44LB.

"interim determination" means a determination that is expressed to be an interim determination.

"modifications" includes additions, omissions and substitutions.

"National Gas Law" means:

  (a)   the National Gas Law set out in the Schedule to the National Gas (South Australia) Act 2008 of South Australia as in force from time to time, as that Law applies as a law of South Australia; or

  (b)   if an Act of another State or of the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory applies the National Gas Law set out in the Schedule to the National Gas (South Australia) Act 2008 of South Australia, as in force from time to time, as a law of that other State or of that Territory--the National Gas Law as so applied; or

  (c)   the Western Australian Gas Legislation; or

  (d)   the National Gas (Commonwealth) Law (within the meaning of the Australian Energy Market Act 2004 ); or

  (e)   the Offshore Western Australian Pipelines (Commonwealth) Law (within the meaning of the Australian Energy Market Act 2004 ).

"officer" has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act 2001 .

"party" means:

  (a)   in relation to an arbitration of an access dispute--a party to the arbitration, as mentioned in section   44U;

  (b)   in relation to a determination--a party to the arbitration in which the Commission made the determination.

"proposed facility" means a facility that is proposed to be constructed (but the construction of which has not started) that will be:

  (a)   structurally separate from any existing facility; or

  (b)   a major extension of an existing facility.

"provider" , in relation to a service, means the entity that is the owner or operator of the facility that is used (or is to be used) to provide the service.

"responsible Minister" means:

  (a)   the Premier, in the case of a State;

  (b)   the Chief Minister, in the case of a Territory.

"revocation recommendation" means a recommendation made by the Council under section   44J.

"service" means a service provided by means of a facility and includes:

  (a)   the use of an infrastructure facility such as a road or railway line;

  (b)   handling or transporting things such as goods or people;

  (c)   a communications service or similar service;

but does not include:

  (d)   the supply of goods; or

  (e)   the use of intellectual property; or

  (f)   the use of a production process;

except to the extent that it is an integral but subsidiary part of the service.

"State or Territory access regime law" means:

  (a)   a law of a State or Territory that establishes or regulates an access regime; or

  (b)   a law of a State or Territory that regulates an industry that is subject to an access regime; or

  (c)   a State/Territory energy law.

"State or Territory body" means:

  (a)   a State or Territory;

  (b)   an authority of a State or Territory.

"third party" , in relation to a service, means a person who wants access to the service or wants a change to some aspect of the person's existing access to the service.


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