Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991 No. 98 of 1991 - SECT 69

69. (1) Where the Minister proposes:

   (a)  to make an instrument under subsection 71 (3); or

   (b)  to make under section 64 or 65 an instrument that would have the
        effect of varying or removing a prescribed carrier obligation of a
        carrier; the Minister must by writing request AUSTEL to give a written
        report about the question whether, having regard to such matters (if
        any) as are specified in the request, it is in the public interest to
        make the proposed instrument.

(2) Subject to subsection (1), where the Minister proposes:

   (a)  to make an instrument under section 64; or

   (b)  to make under section 65 an instrument relating to a licence that is
        in force; the Minister may by writing request AUSTEL to give a written
        report about the question whether, having regard to such matters (if
        any) as are specified in the request, it is in the public interest to
        make the proposed instrument.

(3) As soon as practicable after receiving a request, and in any event within
such period (if any) as the request specifies, AUSTEL must comply with the
request by:

   (a)  holding a public inquiry under Part 14 about that question; and

   (b)  giving to the Minister a written report about that question based on
        the findings AUSTEL has made as a result of the inquiry.

(4) For the purposes of Part 14, that question is the matter to which the
public inquiry relates.