Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 143G

  (1)   If:

  (a)   the Telecommunications (Network Exemption--TransACT Very Small Scale Networks) Instrument 2012 was in force at the start of the designated commencement date; and

  (b)   a line came into existence on or after the designated commencement date; and

  (c)   the line forms part of the infrastructure of:

  (i)   an ACT Very Small Scale Network that is a FTTP network or a VDSL network (within the meaning of that instrument); or

  (ii)   a Victorian Very Small Scale Network that is a FTTP network, a VDSL network or a HFC network (within the meaning of that instrument); and

  (d)   that instrument has not ceased to be in force;

the line is exempt from section   142C.

Note 1:   See also section   156A (certain lines deemed to have come into existence on or after the designated commencement date).

Note 2:   See also section   158A (certain line extensions deemed to be local access lines in their own right, and to have come into existence on or after the designated commencement date).

  (2)   If:

  (a)   the Telecommunications (Network Exemption--Telstra South Brisbane Network) Instrument 2012 was in force at the start of the designated commencement date; and

  (b)   a line came into existence on or after the designated commencement date; and

  (c)   the line forms part of the infrastructure of the Telstra South Brisbane Network (within the meaning of that instrument); and

  (d)   that instrument has not ceased to be in force;

the line is exempt from section   142C.

Note 1:   See also section   156A (certain lines deemed to have come into existence on or after the designated commencement date).

Note 2:   See also section   158A (certain line extensions deemed to be local access lines in their own right, and to have come into existence on or after the designated commencement date).

  (3)   If:

  (a)   the Telecommunications (Network Exemption--TransACT Upgraded VDSL Networks) Instrument 2012 was in force at the start of the designated commencement date; and

  (b)   a line came into existence on or after the designated commencement date; and

  (c)   the line forms part of the infrastructure of a TransACT Upgraded VDSL Network (within the meaning of that instrument); and

  (d)   that instrument has not ceased to be in force;

the line is exempt from section   142C.

Note 1:   See also section   156A (certain lines deemed to have come into existence on or after the designated commencement date).

Note 2:   See also section   158A (certain line extensions deemed to be local access lines in their own right, and to have come into existence on or after the designated commencement date).

  (4)   If:

  (a)   the Telecommunications (Network Exemption--Specified Velocity Networks) Instrument 2012 was in force at the start of the designated commencement date; and

  (b)   a line came into existence on or after the designated commencement date; and

  (c)   the line forms part of the infrastructure of a Specified Velocity Network (within the meaning of that instrument); and

  (d)   that instrument has not ceased to be in force;

the line is exempt from section   142C.

Note 1:   See also section   156A (certain lines deemed to have come into existence on or after the designated commencement date).

Note 2:   See also section   158A (certain line extensions deemed to be local access lines in their own right, and to have come into existence on or after the designated commencement date).

  (5)   For the purposes of paragraph   (4)(c) of this section, assume that paragraph   (c) of the definition of Specified Velocity Network in the Telecommunications (Network Exemption--Specified Velocity Networks) Instrument 2012 were modified by omitting all the words from and including "in accordance with" to and including "project".