Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991 No. 98 of 1991 - SECT 139

139. (1) Where 2 carriers propose to negotiate, or are negotiating, with a
view to:

   (a)  agreeing on terms and conditions for the purposes of subsection 137
        (2) or (3) or of a supplementary access condition of a licence held by
        one of them; or

   (b)  agreeing on a variation of an access agreement to which they are
        parties; either or both of them may request AUSTEL in writing to
        arrange for a representative of AUSTEL to attend the negotiations.

(2) AUSTEL must comply with the request or requests by taking steps to ensure
that a person of a kind referred to in paragraph 405 (a), (b) or (c) attends
the negotiations on its behalf.