Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991 No. 98 of 1991 - SECT 16

16. (1) The Minister may by writing determine that specified combined areas
are eligible combined areas for the purposes of paragraph 12 (3) (b).

(2) The Minister may make or vary a determination under subsection (1) only
if:

   (a)  he or she has consulted each general carrier whose interests may, in
        his or her opinion, be affected by the determination, or by the
        determination as varied, as the case may be; and

   (b)  in his or her opinion, the determination, or the determination as
        varied, as the case may be, will not erode unduly the practical value
        of the general carriers' rights under sections 90 and 92.

(3) An instrument under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument for the
purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.