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NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK COMPANIES ACT 2011 - SECT 8

Simplified outline

    The following is a simplified outline of this Part:

  An NBN corporation must not supply an eligible service to another person unless the other person is:

  (a)   a carrier; or

  (b)   a service provider.

  An NBN corporation must not supply:

  (a)   a content service; or

  (b)   a non - communications service; or

  (c)   goods that are not for use in connection with the supply by an NBN corporation of an eligible service.

  An NBN corporation's investment activities are restricted.

  An NBN corporation may be required to prepare a draft functional separation undertaking.

  A final functional separation undertaking is a draft functional separation undertaking that has been approved by the Communications Minister.

  An NBN corporation must comply with a final functional separation undertaking given by the NBN corporation.

  The Communications Minister may give directions about the divestiture of assets of an NBN corporation.

  A condition of a carrier licence held by an NBN corporation may require the NBN corporation to supply a specified carriage service.

  A condition of a carrier licence held by an NBN corporation may prohibit the NBN corporation from supplying a specified carriage service.

Note 1:   Clause   1 of Schedule   1 provides that each of the following is an NBN corporation :

(a)   NBN Co;

(b)   NBN Tasmania;

(c)   a company over which NBN Co is in a position to exercise control.

Note 2:   The Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co is constituted under Schedule   2.



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