Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991 No. 98 of 1991 - SECT 174

174. (1) A telecommunications service is a basic carriage service if, and only
if, it is a service for basic communications carriage between 2 or more
distinct places and is supplied:

   (a)  by means of:

   (i)  at least one reserved line link; or

   (ii) facilities including at least one reserved line link; or

   (b)  by the use of satellite-based facilities.

(2) A service for basic communications carriage is a telecommunications
service that consists only of functions each of which is involved in:

   (a)  establishing, maintaining or terminating a connection across the
        telecommunications network by means of which the service is supplied;
        or

   (b)  modifying a connection after it has been so established; or

   (c)  carrying a communication across the network.

(3) To avoid doubt, the supply of customer equipment is not a basic carriage
service.